League of Women Voters ^®
of Perrysburg Area

Click on the links below to learn about Fair School Funding in Ohio, threats to Public School Education, and actions you can take:  

• Use this Policy Matters tool to see how much funding your school district will be shorted if the schools aren’t fully funded– and then tell everyone you know, especially if they have a connection to the district.
• Funding Public Education in the State Budget -- HB 96 (Information provided by LWVO.)  Read the Background, Where we Stand, Why we Support Fair School Funding, and What You Can Do Now.
• Fair School Funding:  Costs, Capacity and Shared Responsibility – Getting to the Heart of Fair School Funding (This webinar was recorded on 03/12/25.  Presented by LWVO's Education Committee.)  This webinar helps viewers understand how school funding works in Ohio and why the hard-won fair funding plan is at risk now. 
• Fair School Funding -- Fair Funding v Vouchers (This webinar was recorded on 02/12/25.  Presented by LWVO.)  Most of Ohio's students go to public schools, but last year Ohio spent $1 billion on school vouchers for private schools.  That doesn't add up.  Learn about how we got here and what we need to do now to protect our public schools.
• Public Education: The Wolf at the Door  (This webinar was recorded on 01/25/24.  Presented by LWVO.)
• Public Education: The Voucher Explosion Affects Us All  (This webinar was recorded on 02/28/24.  Presented by LWVO.)
• Solving the Teacher Shortage: Keeping Public Schools Strong  (This webinar was recorded on 04/25/24.  Presented by LWVO.)