Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman wants to wreck compromise, slash school funding

Economists: Ohio school funding cuts would hurt economy, increase inequality

Senate President Matt Huffman, R-Lima, during the Ohio Senate session, February 28, 2024, at the Statehouse in Columbus, Ohio. (Photo by Graham Stokes for Ohio Capital Journal. Republish photo only with original article.)In a survey released Monday, the overwhelming majority of economists said cuts to public education funding proposed by Republican Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman would dampen the state’s future economic output at the same time t…

Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman wants to wreck compromise, slash school funding

The Ohio House speaker portrays himself as ready to reach across the aisle. Don't be fooled.

Economists: Ohio school funding cuts would hurt economy, increase inequality – BG Independent News

BY MARTY SCHLADEN Ohio Capital Journal In a survey released Monday, the overwhelming majority of economists said cuts to public education funding proposed by Republican Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman would dampen the state’s future economic output at the same time that they would increase inequality in an already unequal state. According to the Ohio Supreme Court, the state’s public schools have been chronically underfunded. Over the past severa