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Residents, board members warn May levy failure would trigger cuts as voucher funding grows
Summary
At the March 25 Bowling Green Board of Education meeting, public speakers urged voters to approve a May operating levy, warning that state voucher growth and recent legislative moves are reducing funds available to public schools and that cuts already approved by the board would take effect if the levy fails.
At the March 25 meeting of the Bowling Green Board of Education, residents and board members urged support for a May 6 operating levy, saying the district faces growing pressure from state policy and voucher funding that shifts public dollars to private schools.
Rick Nussell, a Bowling Green resident, told the board the state’s voucher program is removing substantial per‑pupil funding from public schools. “The voucher program is now giving Ohio K‑8 students up to roughly $6,200 and high school students up to maybe $400 if they leave their public school,” Nussell said. “They typically take more from the public school than that school received to teach them.”
The concern comes as district leaders say local…
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