Twinsburg School Board To Discuss Kasich's Funding Proposal At Work Session

Twinsburg Superintendent Kathryn Powers has new information about Gov. John Kasich's education funding plan, and she plans to share that with the school board during a work session Wednesday.

If Gov. John Kasich's education funding proposal is approved as is, Twinsburg City Schools would recieve a giant boost in funding.

Local school officials said they were skeptical of the plan when first announced. Under the proposal, the district is expected to get nearly $5.5 million in 2014 from state funding, according to preliminary numbers from the Ohio Department of Education.

That is $2.8 million more than in 2013, when the district received $2.7 million, an increase of 104 percent.

In 2015 the state is expected to dish out $6.8 million to the district, another 25 percent boost, resulting in another $1.3 million.

Here are the numbers:

These numbers are from Gov. John Kasich's budget proposal, and will likely change at least a little as the state legislature haggles out a final budget deal.

Twinsburg taxpayers just approved new levy dollars to fund the schools, with 54 percent of voters supporting the new tax dollars.

A 6.9-mill renewal levy, generating $4.4 million annually, is up for a vote in May.

Since the original porposal was released, Powers said she had a chance to talk with Barbara Mattei-Smith and Dick Ross from the Governor's Office and will provide what she learned to the baord.

The work session is scheduled begin at 6 p.m.in the Twinsburg High School media room.