Oakwood superintendent urges lawmakers to keep Fair School Funding phase-in, opposes 30% carryover cap; parents press board to join voucher lawsuit

Superintendent Neil Gupta told the Ohio Senate Education Committee this week that Oakwood Schools relies heavily on local revenue and asked lawmakers not to replace the Fair School Funding Plan phase-in with temporary bridge funding.

"My name is Dr. Neil Gupta, and I serve as the Oakwood School superintendent located just outside Dayton with a little over 2,000 students," Gupta said as he read prepared testimony to the Senate Education Committee on House Bill 96. He asked the legislature to "remove temporary bridge funding and maintain phase in as proposed by Governor DeWine, update the base cost inputs to reflect current costs such as staffing, class sizes, and services, and maintain guarantees until full implementation of the fair school funding plan is complete," language he included in his prepared remarks.

Gupta said Oakwood is…