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District staff outline state budget changes, warn of continued uncertainty for school funding
Summary
District presenters summarized the status of the state biennium budget (House Bill 96), recent gubernatorial line-item vetoes, and potential effects on Perrysburg’s revenues and levy planning.
District staff briefed the Perrysburg Exempted Village Board of Education on July 7 about the state budget process, recent line-item vetoes and potential implications for local school funding.
A district presenter summarized the sequence: the governor’s biennium proposal was altered by the Ohio House and Senate, sent to a conference committee, and the governor issued roughly 67 line-item vetoes to the conference package. “The governor then... issued 67 line item vetoes,” the presenter said during the meeting.
Staff explained that the package’s fiscal provisions are already affecting the district’s forecast because the governor signed the budget with vetoes effective July 1 for appropriations; other policy provisions become effective 90 days after signature unless otherwise specified. Presenters singled out several items that were vetoed or remain at risk, including proposals tied to property-tax calculations (including language tied to a 20-mill floor), a retirement pick-up prohibition, and carryover balance rules discussed during the legislature’s process (items the presenter identified by the conference/line-item numbers discussed in the meeting).
Board members and staff discussed how those state-level actions would affect local levy decisions: staff said the district’s five-year forecast would be “about where we expect it to be” if the legislature overrides the governor’s vetoes, while other scenarios could change the district’s revenue picture in later years. Staff emphasized the uncertainty and urged continued contact with state legislators. The presenter noted the governor proposed working groups to study property-tax reform rather than immediate, broad changes.
The briefing provided background that the board used in its subsequent discussion of an operating levy; staff did not announce new state action at the meeting, and the district signaled the need to monitor possible veto overrides and future property tax bills.
