COLUMBUS, Ohio - Projections from the legislature’s nonpartisan research agency show Gov. Mike DeWine’s proposed budget would slash $100 million from traditional public schools over the next ...

On average in Ohio, about 45.2% of the annual budget is carried over to the next year, according to the Ohio Legislative Service Commission. School district reserves can ebb and flow.

Explore Local school superintendents testify against state budget bill’s funding plan. Senate President Rob McColley, R-Napoleon, said his chamber met with Ohio superintendents who “all pretty ...

Central Ohio school districts say an Ohio legislature proposal to limit the amount of cash they can hold could be a financial "disaster" for schools.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — As public schools in Reynoldsburg face $8 million in budget cuts and those in Marysville hope their third levy in a row does not fail, central Ohio school districts worry ...

The ban is scheduled to begin in January 2026, but some Ohio districts are opting to implement it when students return from ...

In the 2024 fiscal year, however, Ohio school districts had $10.5 billion in the bank, and the average ending cash balance was 46% of expenses, according to data from the Ohio Department of ...

The new school year begins as the fourth in a six-year phase-in of a budget plan intended to help fund public schools across Ohio by examining the individual needs of each district.

But DeWine wants to cut the guarantee by nearly $14.3 million, or 5% of current state levels of $285 million, in the next school year, he announced Monday in submitting his proposed budget to the ...

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The Ohio House’s version of the two-year state budget provides more money for transportation, though it won’t fully reimburse some districts for their costs for private and charter school ...