- 1 in 4 school districts get less funding than in FY12-13
- 3 in 4 school districts get less funding than in FY10-11 [source: Innovation Ohio]
Local Communities
Rhetoric: There is “a lot of continued support to local governments” in this budget.
Reality: Local communities will get $1.4 billion less from this budget than they did in FY10-11, causing increased local taxes and cuts in services [source: Policy Matters Ohio].
Taxes
Rhetoric: The “across the board” tax cut benefits all Ohioans.
Reality: The tax provisions in the budget reward Ohio’s most affluent with average annual tax cuts of more than $6,000 a year, while low-income Ohioans will pay slightly more. [source: Policy Matters Ohio]
- Top 1% (earning $335,000 and up) get $6,083
- Middle (earning $33,000-$51,000) get $9
- Lowest 20% (earning under $18,000) will pay $12 more