Bath schools talks school funding with Manchester
Mar. 7—BATH TOWNSHIP — The latest version of Ohio's two-year budget bill uses outdated data to calculate the cost to educate a child, according to Bath schools Treasurer Joel Parker.
The proposed budget, introduced by Gov. Mike DeWine in February, phases in the remainder of the so-called Cupp-Patterson school funding formula.
But the bill freezes cost inputs used to calculate how much schools spend to educate a child at 2022 levels, while relying on 2024 property tax valuations and income data to determine how much local taxpayers can afford to contribute.
The formula would effectively decrease the state's share of per-pupil funding to Bath schools, Parker told state Sen. Susan Manchester (R-Waynesfield) during a special visit to Bath schools Friday.
Bath schools spends an average of $12,977 per student, the third lowest in Allen County.
The state's share of per-pupil funding to Bath schools would decline from 50% to 39% by fiscal year 2027, according to estimates Parker shared Friday.
If lawmakers adopt those changes to the formula, Bath schools may need to ask voters for property tax increases "sooner," Parker said.
Potential changes to federal funding if the Trump administration eliminates the Department of Education could be costly too: Bath schools receives about $1.3 million in federal funding for reading instruction, special education and school lunches.
"If (federal funding) goes away," Parker said, "it is flipped over to the local voters."
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