Struggling Portage County schools plan for the worst in the face of proposed budget bill

Struggling Portage County schools plan for the worst in the face of proposed budget bill

- Wendy DiAlesandro

Gov. Mike DeWine is poised to sign a two-year budget bill into law, but if he does, Ohio’s schools, communities and law enforcement agencies may find themselves behind the financial eight ball.

Without providing an alternative funding source, the Ohio House version — HB 335 — would prohibit school districts, counties, cities and villages from collecting inside millage. The Ohio Senate has its version of a budget bill in SB 96, and DeWine, who provided state legislators with his own version of a budget bill, has the power of line item vetoes over whatever reaches his desk.

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