School Funding Matters

Property Taxes for Funding Public Education: Ohio’s Unique Method for Controlling Tax Increases This report examines the origins and effects of Ohio’s unique system of adjustments to control year-to-year property tax increases – tax reduction factors commonly called House Bill 920. Over the years, much attention has been paid to this provision of ...

Comments from a panel discussion entitled ''Paying for Public Education: Why You Should Know about House Bill 920'' at a statewide summit on school funding sponsored by KnowledgeWorks.

Does anyone know whether other states have a provision like this? Can you imagine what chaos it would create if other kinds of taxes had a cap like this? It seems ridiculously short-sighted to put schools under this constraint, especially when we need to get our children up to speed with what they're learning in other countries.