We released a study last week on how the Kasich cuts to education – $1.8 billion in the last budget – have stretched many Ohio school districts to the point of seeking new money or increased millage in levies this November.
In essence, the governor’s last budget simply balanced the state’s books on the backs of schools and local governments. Local governments were hit with the phaseout of the estate tax and drastic cuts to the Local Government Fund.
These cuts are apparent in local government levies as well this November.
[Read more…]Not just schools seeking new money in levies this year
We released a study last week on how the Kasich cuts to education – $1.8 billion in the last budget – have stretched many Ohio school districts to the point of seeking new money or increased millage in levies this November.
In essence, the governor’s last budget simply balanced the state’s books on the backs of schools and local governments. Local governments were hit with the phaseout of the estate tax and drastic cuts to the Local Government Fund.
These cuts are apparent in local government levies as well this November.
[Read more…]