House Bill 305 - Fair School Funding Plan Now a Top Priority 

9/11/2020

There is renewed hope that a constitutional school funding system will be passed and implemented! Under the guidance of a new Speaker of the House, Representative Robert (Bob) Cupp, along with Representative John Patterson and Representative Gary Scherer, the Fair School Funding Plan, introduced in House Bill (HB) 305, is now a top priority.

The Fair School Funding Plan (HB 305) is a bipartisan bill created primarily by practicing treasurers and superintendents—those who know what it takes to educate a child in Ohio. Nearly 70 members of the House signed on to the original bill introduced in 2019. The group has “fine-tuned” the bill since then, with the Legislative Service Commission (LSC) expected to release the Analysis and Fiscal Notes for the substitute bill within the week. For a general summary of the updated bill, click here.

Hearings in the House Finance Committee are being scheduled over the next few weeks and will include detailed explanations of the new provisions to be included in a substitute bill. In addition to an updated bill being introduced in the House, a companion bill is expected to be released in the Senate.

Details will be shared on the OASBO Advocacy Hub as soon as they become available.