1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

The current proposed budget would be absolutely disastrous for Ohio education and access to quality public education. Our local superintendent stated it well, so I will not reinvent the wheel. Please see below for why public education funding, not ed/ school choice, should be both funded and protected. "The proposed Ohio budget, combined with proposed federal cuts to community.  Ohio Governor Mike DeWine’s proposed state budget will the state, while investing in charter schools and vouchers. cause significant financial harm to public school districts across education funding, threaten the critical progress we are making for our students, while placing an undue financial burden on our local next two school years under this proposed budget, and reduce the s flation, will force districts like CPS to either place a greater bu support student success." rden on local taxpayers or cut critical programs and services that Cincinnati Public Schools would lose more than $27 million over the 2027. These drastic reductions, which don’t account for years of in tate share of our funding to 25-percent, an 11-percent decrease by support student success." rden on local taxpayers or cut critical programs and services that 2027. These drastic reductions, which don’t account for years of in flation, will force districts like CPS to either place a greater bu rden on local taxpayers or cut critical programs and services that support student success."