Funding bill would boost schools, but Senate has doubts: See how much local school would get Jeremy P. Kelley The long-awaited K-12 school funding overhaul approved in the Ohio House’s budget bill last week is being questioned in the Senate Education Committee, and is likely to see changes there. This marks the second time in five months that the Senate has balked after the House passed a version of the new Fair School Funding Plan (by an 84-8 vote in December and 70-27 as part of the budget bill last week). The Education Committee heard hours of testimony on the bill this week.