Cupp-Patterson Fair School Funding Plan

Information and commentary about the 2021 efforts:

• Ohio’s 8 urban school districts say the state budget bill threatens to widen gap between rich and poor, Laura Hancock, Cleveland Plain Dealer (June 21, 2021)

• Public Education Partners’ letter to Ohio’s Budget Conference Committee (June 21, 2021)

• Ohio Senate School Funding Proposal Needs to Be More Equitable: Editorial, Cleveland Plain Dealer (June 9, 2021)

• It’s time to pass a Fair School Funding Plan: Paul Huang and Olivia Peebles, Shaker Heights High School students critique the Ohio state school district report card and demand that the Ohio Legislature pass the Fair School Funding Plan (June 6, 2021)

• Will the Ohio Senate Invest in Public School Students?, Susie Kaeser’s Op Ed, Cleveland Plain Dealer (June 6, 2021)

• NEOFPE members, Jan Resseger and Susie Kaeser, along with leaders in Ohio school districts, provided informative testimony for the Fair School Funding Plan (June 3, 2021)

• Proposed Ohio Senate Budget Reduces House-Approved Increase in Public School Funding, Increases Voucher Amounts and Creates New School Privatization Programs, Jan Resseger’s Blog (June 4, 2021)

• Ohio Senate Can Fix School Funding, Sandra Laurenson’s letter to the editor, Akron Beacon Journal (May 19, 2021)

• The Ohio Senate Sank Bipartisan School Funding Reform Last Year. No More Stalls: Editorial, Cleveland Plain Dealer Editorial Board (May 7, 2021)

• At Last, A School Funding Plan That Is Fair, Susan Kaeser, Toledo Blade (March 13, 2021)

• New School Funding Plan Headed to Ohio Senate (as part of House Budget), Jim Provance, The Toledo Blade (April 21, 2021)

• All in for Ohio Kids: Fully and Fairly Funding Ohio’s Public Schools, Wendy Patton,  major report from Policy Matters Ohio (April 28, 2021)

• Buying into the Social Contract is Different from Buying Education with a Public Tuition Voucher in a Privatized School Marketplace, Jan Resseger’s Blog (April 23, 2021)

Information and commentary about the 2020 bill:

• Finance Committee Chair: Ohio School Funding Overhaul Is Dead In Senate, Karen Kasler, Statehouse News Bureau. (December 8, 2020)

• It’s Time for Fair School Funding , Editorial Board, Cleveland Plain Dealer. (December 9, 2020)

• Editorial: Ohio on Verge of Finally Fixing K-12 School Funding, If Senators Don't Miss an Opportunity, Editorial Board, Akron Beacon Journal. (December 6, 2020)

• School Funding Overhaul Earns House Approval, Gongwer News Service. (December 3, 2020)

• Will the State Senate Punish Ohio’s 1.6 Million Public School Students by Letting School Funding Reform Die?, Jan Resseger’s blog. (December 3, 2020)

• Northeast Ohio Friends of Public Education endorsement of Ohio Senate Bill 376, submitted to the Ohio Senate Finance Committee. (November 16, 2020)

• Northeast Ohio Friends of Public Education letter calling Ohio Senate Finance Chair, Matt Dolan, to action on Ohio Senate Bill 376. (November 16, 2020)

• Testimony on Ohio Substitute HB 305 from the Heights Coalition for Public Education, submitted to the Ohio House Finance Committee. (November 17, 2020)

• Ohio Lawmakers Finally Have a Chance to Pass a Fair School Funding Plan, Susan Kaeser op-ed in the Cleveland Plain Dealer. (November 13, 2020)

• Time Running Out for Lawmakers Hoping to Overhaul Ohio's School Funding Formula, Anna Staver, Columbus Dispatch. (November 13, 2020)

• New School Finance Plan During 2020 Lame Duck Session, Jan Resseger’s blog. (November 11, 2020)

• Lawmakers Pushing Revamped Plan to Overhaul Ohio’s School Funding Formula by End of Year, Catherine Candisky, Columbus Dispatch. (November 6, 2020)

• Advocate for Fair School Funding Legislation During Lame Duck– November 2020, League of Women Voters of Greater Cleveland. (November 2020)