Cupp-Patterson plan

The Ohio House and Senate are now considering different versions of school funding plans as part of the upcoming state budget. Some of the members \of a bipartisan group that created a school funding plan that was considered in the legislature last year want to refocus lawmakers on the proposal.

A battle is coming over the school funding formula overhaul introduced in the Senate’s version of the budget yesterday – which blows up the one proposed in the House that school groups and education advocates supported.

The new school funding bill is similar to the one that passed in the Ohio House last year but a few tweaks have been made to it.

Although House Bill 305, which introduced the Fair School Funding Plan, appears to be dead in the Ohio Senate, there is hope the bill will be reintroduced next term.

Another bill seeking to reform school funding is in front of state lawmakers. The Ohio Senate is considering bi-partisan legislation that is similar to a bill introduced in the House of Representatives.