SB 93: Create new school financing system with state property, sales tax
The proposed bill aims to establish a new school financing system in the state. The key intention is to eliminate property and income taxes levied by each school district and replace them with a single statewide property tax and increased state sales tax. This change is expected to fund schools and provide a more uniform system. The bill also seeks to eliminate state scholarship programs for primary and secondary students, as well as calculate a statewide amount of per-pupil funding for public and chartered nonpublic schools. This funding amount will be paid to the school in which a student's family chooses to enroll that student. The goal is to provide a more equitable and efficient system for funding schools in the state.
| Feb. 12, 2025 | Referred to committee: Finance |
| Feb. 10, 2025 | Introduced |
As Introduced
136th General Assembly Regular Session 2025-2026
S. B. No. 93
Senator Brenner
A B I L L
To declare the General Assembly's intent to 1
establish a new school financing system that 2
provides a statewide per-pupil funding payment 3
to public and chartered nonpublic schools based 4
on a single statewide property tax and increased 5
state sales tax. 6
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. It is the intent of the General Assembly to do 7
all of the following: 8
(A) Eliminate each school district's ability to levy 9
property and income taxes; 10
(B) Establish a single statewide property tax and 11
increased state sales tax to fund schools; 12
(C) Eliminate state scholarship programs for primary and 13
secondary students; 14
(D) Establish a school financing system that calculates a 15
statewide amount of per-pupil funding that will be paid to the 16
public or chartered nonpublic school in which a student's family 17
chooses to enroll that student. 18