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1:02 The so-called "Fair School Funding Plan" uses teacher salaries and property tax valuations that are over two years old. But Steve Dyer with the Ohio Education Association says that’s not a real issue because salaries in it are capped at $95,000 a year.  “The average teacher salary thing is really a canard that’s been put forward by folks who frankly want to keep the current system that’s been failing kids for 25 years," Dyer says. The coalition, made up of policy experts, community-based organizations, teachers and parents are part of what's being called the, "All In For Ohio Ki...

6. A Working Health Care System 7. Funding Our Lives “For 15 years the problem in the state of Ohio has been insufficient funding and too often policies that work against Ohioans,” said Policy Matters Senior Project Director Wendy Patton. “The American Rescue Plan will help a lot. It shows us how government works best when it works for all people…It gives us a chance to reset and to start to rebuild. We need a commitment to a [state] budget that supports all people and a sustained effort for a better future.” The state budget can be used to address past and enduring harms created by...

The increase in Ohio Medicaid caseloads could have blown a hole in the new two-year state budget proposal.