School Funding Matters

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The key to funding is to change the employer of teachers. Teachers should not be employees of individual school boards or teacher’s unions. Teachers should be made employees of the State of Ohio. They should be represented under the collective bargaining agreement as all employees in the State of Ohio. The State of Ohio should have one teacher’s contract that governs all teachers in Public Schools. This contract will govern wages, benefits, retirement, work hours and schedules. A cost of living differential will be based upon teaching location. This alone would save millions of dollars in attorney’s fees for contract negotiations. One Contract for all. Fairness and Equality. Districts will retain local control of building management/facilities/non-teaching employees. The need for large School Administrations will decrease and some may be consolidated. If schools continue to funded by property taxes, it should one rate for all schools going to the State of Ohio to be dispersed. Remember the State of Ohio is ultimately responsible for the functioning of all schools. The advantage to funding by property taxes is that they are deductible on federal tax returns. This may be changed if the IRS has it’s way.