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Megan Gildow of the News-Sun newspaper in Springfield, Ohio, covers local school districts, their teachers, students and anything in between. Districts she covers include: Springfield City Schools, Clark-Shawnee Local Schools, Northeastern Local Schools, Northwestern Local Schools, Tecumseh Local Schools, Southeastern Local Schools, Greenon Local Schools, Catholic Central Schools, Emmanuel Christian, and area charter schools.

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Home > Blogs > Springfield Schools News and Issues > Archives > 2008 > June > 24 > Entry

Funding fix won’t affect Clark, Champaign districts

By Megan Gildow | Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 11:19 AM

None of the Clark or Champaign county districts were big winners — or losers — in the state’s school funding fix that will mean extra state aid for some districts while others have to pay back funds they received.

My education reporting colleague Scott Elliott takes a look at the situation in today’s News-Sun.

The legislature passed a budget correction bill to fix an error related to the elimination of personal tangible property tax, a tax on the equipment and materials of local businesses.

Personal tangible property tax is gradually being phased out of the funding system through 2017 when it will be completely eliminated. The state is partially subsidizing districts for the losses and some of the tax burden is shifted to land owners.

Some Miami Valley districts (most notably Middletown and Monroe in Butler County) were among the 118 districts that would receive additional dollars while 188 others will have to pay back money to the state through reduced payments this coming fall.

The districts in Clark and Champaign counties were not significantly affected either way and while some of them would welcome extra state dollars, I’m sure, no change is better than losing more than $200,000 through the new calculations.

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