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Willoughby-Eastlake board warns state budget changes could undercut local school funding
Summary
Vice President and legislative liaison Jamie Schatzman told the board the Senate version of the biennial budget (substitute House Bill 96) would reintroduce a 20-mill ‘‘floor’’ that could reduce the district’s local revenues and disrupt plans tied to emergency levies.
Jamie Schatzman, vice president and legislative liaison for the Willoughby-Eastlake Board of Education, told the board on June 9 that the Senate version of the state biennial budget (substitute House Bill 96) reintroduces language on a 20-mill ‘‘floor’’ that could have disproportionate impacts on the district’s local funding.
"The Willoughby-Eastlake School District is the 30th largest in the state of Ohio. We serve seven municipalities and educate roughly 7,000 students per year with a $111,000,000 annual operating budget," Schatzman said as she read the testimony the district submitted to the Ohio Senate Finance Committee.
Nut graf: Schatzman said the district relies heavily on time-limited emergency levies that the community has repeatedly approved; she warned that the Senate…
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