Full State Funding For Ohio

The Project Ohio Plan

The PROJECT OHIO PLAN exists to promote the full state funding of Ohio's public K12 schools.

Full state funding means the State of Ohio pays for and accounts for all State required public school activities.

Full state funding requires the State to provide a very specific definition of "education". Out of this definition will arise a set of objectives to meet this definition. From the objectives will develop strategies leading to actions the State will require all District to do.

PROJECT OHIO's Guidelines

1) State requirements must be very specific to State related activities. The State provides an education for future citizens to operate the functions the State provides. The State should fund these requirements with only State money. Athletic and cultural educational activities may be funded by money provided for local control.

2) In addition to State Requirement funding, the State will contribute a per pupil amount of money to Local requirements funds. The use of this money is completely at the discretion of the local district and may be used for athletic and cultural educational activities..

2) All facilities used to fulfill State requirement are funded by the State and have a standard set of design and functional criteria.

3) A thorough and efficient system of common schools is defined by the State requirements and not dependent on the Local requirements.

4) Local revenue is levied and collected by the local districts for local requirements. It is then combined with the State's local contribution.

5) Money for State requirements must only be spent on State requirements. Local money must only be spent on local requirements.

6) Local districts may form associations to pool money for common activities outside of State requirements. This includes all athletic and cultural activities.

7) All shared expenses between the State and Local district must be accounted by component expenditure charges.

About This Project

December 2006 - With the election of a new Ohio administration there is hope for a change in the way Ohio School Funding is handled. I was very disappointed that Taft's Blue Ribbon Task Force failed. On the other hand I was relieved that the Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding made little progress.

This website and other activities are an attempt to articulate an new way to fund schools. The Project Ohio Plan cares about the local communities and insures a strong State educations for all Ohio residents.

The topics on the left bar of this web site are resources for information. The topics on the right bar are studies on the different issues that have arisen. The issues will be linked to web pages when there is something important to say. The PROJECT OHIO PLAN outlined in the above guidelines present the basic idea. They are the frame work for a model of a new funding system for Ohio that will begin its development here.

Bob Charles (The Gravaman)