I was employed at the Ohio Department of Education from 1988-2017. The legislators ignored the supreme court ruling. see below:
DeRolph v. State was a landmark Ohio Supreme Court case that ruled Ohio's school funding system unconstitutional in 1997. The case challenged the constitutionality of the state's funding system, which relied heavily on property taxes. The court ruled that the system failed to provide adequate resources for quality education across the state.
Key points
The case was originally filed in 1991.
The court issued four decisions between 1997 and 2002.
The court declared an end to the litigation in 2003.
The court ruled that the system violated the Thorough and Efficient Clause of the Ohio Constitution.
The court directed the state to find a remedy.
The court stayed the ruling for one year to allow the General Assembly to create a new school financing system.
Impact
The General Assembly has changed Ohio's school funding system several times since the litigation, but the underlying problems with the system remain.
Question: What is the easiest source for amounts taken from public schools and given to which private schools? Does the State keep records or must we get from each separate School District? I'm eager to nip this in the bud!
And the financial data is one year behind. So you can find out how many students from Cleveland are taking vouchers this year, but you won’t know by how much. Best estimate is to take previous year’s average voucher amount and apply it to this year’s voucher enrollment. It’s going to be higher in reality, but that’s the best you can do … without waiting for weeks on a public records request.
I was employed at the Ohio Department of Education from 1988-2017. The legislators ignored the supreme court ruling. see below:
DeRolph v. State was a landmark Ohio Supreme Court case that ruled Ohio's school funding system unconstitutional in 1997. The case challenged the constitutionality of the state's funding system, which relied heavily on property taxes. The court ruled that the system failed to provide adequate resources for quality education across the state.
Key points
The case was originally filed in 1991.
The court issued four decisions between 1997 and 2002.
The court declared an end to the litigation in 2003.
The court ruled that the system violated the Thorough and Efficient Clause of the Ohio Constitution.
The court directed the state to find a remedy.
The court stayed the ruling for one year to allow the General Assembly to create a new school financing system.
Impact
The General Assembly has changed Ohio's school funding system several times since the litigation, but the underlying problems with the system remain.
Question: What is the easiest source for amounts taken from public schools and given to which private schools? Does the State keep records or must we get from each separate School District? I'm eager to nip this in the bud!
Yes, it is all on their website, but you have to know how and what format you want the data.
And the financial data is one year behind. So you can find out how many students from Cleveland are taking vouchers this year, but you won’t know by how much. Best estimate is to take previous year’s average voucher amount and apply it to this year’s voucher enrollment. It’s going to be higher in reality, but that’s the best you can do … without waiting for weeks on a public records request.