Equitable Public School Funding NOW!

 

REAL TALK Presents

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Learn how the Fair School Funding Plan will transform education and funding across Ohio for 610+ school districts and 1.7 million students. Moderated By: John Patterson, Former State Representative FEATURING Ohio State Rep. Jamie Callender (R-Concord) Ohio State Rep. Bride Rose Sweeney (D-Cleveland) Ryan Pendleton, Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer, Akron Public Schools Tom Hosler, Superintendent, Perrysburg Schools Marlon Styles, Jr, Superintendent, Middletown City School District Claudia Zaler, Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer, Waverly City Schools This event is hosted by REAL TALK, in partnership with League of Women Voters Ohio, Ohio Education Association, Ohio Federation of Teachers, and Ohio PTA

Join us for an important statewide education event about equitable and sound public school funding. John Patterson, former State Representative (D-Jefferson), will moderate a comprehensive explanation of the Fair School Funding Plan, and how it will move Ohio's inequitable and inadequate education funding system to a fair, consistent, and sustainable method that will truly serve ALL of Ohio's children. Ohio House Bill 1 sponsors, State Representatives Jamie Callender ​(R-Concord) and Bride Sweeney (D-Cleveland), will explain why the Fair School Funding Plan and HB1 are a priority in the Statehouse. Akron Public Schools Treasurer; Ryan Pendleton, will expertly breakdown core components of the funding model that make the system equitable; and school superintendents and treasurers across the state will share why the funding model is essential for their students and district. ​BACKGROUND In 1997, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled, in the DeRolph v. State of Ohio case, that Ohio's education funding system was unconstitutional. Since then, the Ohio legislature has failed to provide a suitable remedy that ensures every child receives a quality education, regardless of their school district's ability to fund education. Ohio is still plagued with insufficient funding and an overreliance on property taxes.  ​In 2017, State Representative Robert Cupp (R-Lima) and then-State Representative John Patterson (D-Jefferson) convened a team of school treasurers, superintendents, and front-line educators to develop a NEW school funding system to address Ohio's glaring issues. The unprecedented Fair School Funding Plan (FSFP) was born out of extensive planning, meticulous research, economic modeling, and practitioner feedback.  The Plan determines a true base cost to educate each student in their district, establishes an equitable cost-share for the state and district based on the district's ability to contribute, increases categorical aid and help with transportation costs, and directly funds vouchers and charter schools instead of charging local districts.   The time for Fair School Funding is NOW -- Ohio's children CANNOT wait!

REAL TALK is a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion program that examines the pulleys and levers in Northeast Ohio that perpetuate systemic and institutional racism, discrimination, cycles of poverty, disparities in education, social determinants of health, criminal injustice, environmental injustice, and employment and housing insecurity. The program assembles the experts, practitioners, and community members who create and drive meaningful, sustainable change -- and provides the information, resources, and tools for Northeast Ohio residents to TAKE ACTION. REAL TALK is a 4-League collaboration amongst Akron Area, Greater Cleveland, Hudson, Kent, in partnership with the Akron NAACP.

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