School Funding in Ohio
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Studying the funding system of Ohio public schools I have found many explanations to the discrepancy in quality across the state from school to school. I believe tax changes by federal and local governments are the primary reason this inequality exist among the public schools of Ohio. According to the Ohio Coalition for Equity and Adequacy of School Funding the there have been major shifts in the tax burden which have left less money in the state and federal governments budget for spending on education. On of these shifts comes from a state corporate shelter tax which reduced the state's corporate income tax revenue by more than one third in 2001 alone. This report also stated that Ohio suffered a corporate tax collection loss of 56.9% which was the second highest of any state (4-5). It stands to reason that with less tax dollars coming in from state and local businesses and corporations there is less money in the budget to provide the necessary means for ensuring that all schools are able to provide their students with an equal and adequate education. Another area where the tax burden has shifted is in income tax. "A national report, "Who Pays? A Distributional Analysis of the Tax Systems in All 50 States", produced by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP), shows that low-income and middle-income Ohio families pay a greater share of their income in state and local taxes than the state's most affluent...