Staff Board of Trustees
"School Funding in Ohio, It's Broken-Can We Fix It?"
A forum sponsored by First Suburbs Consortium, City of Cleveland Heights, Reaching Heights & EcoCity Cleveland.
September 29, 2004, Cleveland Heights Community Center
Cuyahoga County Auditor Budget Commission on House Bill 920: http://auditor.cuyahoga.oh.us/auditor/budgetcomm/housebill920.htm
Detailed explanation of how HB920 works.
"Fixing School Funding, Amid Division, Signs of Consensus" from the September 2004 Catalyst Cleveland Magazine.
Governor's Blue Ribbon Task Force on Funding Student Success
http://www.blueribbontaskforce.ohio.gov
Lists members and staff; posts minutes of meetings, which are quite informative; also provides an email address for contacting the committee about school funding problems and the Task Force's charge.
Ohio Fair Schools Campaign
http://www.ohiofairschools.org
Grassroots statewide organization for school funding reform in Ohio.
Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy
http://www.ohiocoalition.org
Coalition of school districts representing the plaintiffs in the DeRolph school funding lawsuit.
Education Tax Policy Institute
http://www.etpi-ohio.org
Ohio think tank organized and supported by school districts and other governmental entities. Its mission is to research and analyze changes in taxes that affect funding for education and local services. Publications, available in PDF format, provide detailed information on school funding.
