Ohio Guaranteeing High Quality Public Education (2008)
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The Ohio Guaranteeing High Quality Public Education (2008) initiative is an initiated constitutional amendment that, if passed, will provide that each public school pupil has a fundamental right, guaranteed by the state, to the opportunity for a high quality public education, regardless of school district property values, income levels or other demographic or geographic factors. Each public school district shall provide for programmatic choices that must offer the opportunity for a high quality public education to each of its pupils.[1]
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Proponents
The Getting it Right for Ohio's Future campaign, which includes 12 statewide education groups.
Status
The all volunteer campaign has suspended its signature gathering efforts.[2]
Support
Jim Betts, spokesperson for the Campaign for Ohio’s Future, representing the consortium of grassroots and professional education organizations, says: “Getting It Right for Ohio’s Future puts Ohio’s children first by creating a system that determines what a high-quality education would cost based on student need and paying for that education without an unfair reliance on property taxes."[3]
Opposition
The Conservative Culture blog has come out against the initiative, saying it will be a "blank check" for the legislature. Read their article here: Ohio School Funding Initiative--Read Between the Lines
Governor Ted Strickland will not support the initiated constitutional amendment, reiterating that his focus is on "working with the legislature to develop a meaningful funding plan."[4]
See also
- Ohio 2008 ballot measures
- List of Ohio ballot measures
- Procedures for qualifying an initiative in Ohio
- Laws governing the initiative process in Ohio
- Ohio signature requirements
