COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Newly released estimates show almost half of Ohio’s school districts would sustain cuts under Gov. John Kasich’s (KAY’-siks) proposed budget plan.
The district-level budget figures were released Friday by the Office of Budget and Management.
The Republican governor’s $66.9 billion, two-year operating budget calls for reducing guaranteed funding in any district with a population loss of 5 percent or more.
The more population loss, the deeper the cut - though no district sees a funding shift up or down of more than 5 percent.
Districts with population losses less than 5 percent, or enrollment that’s steady, get the same amount of guaranteed funding as in the last budget.
Kasich’s budget spends a combined $16.3 billion on K-12 education over the two years, up $200 million over the current budget.
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