Ohio lawmakers open 1978 session amid school funding fight
Ohio's 1978 legislature begins with the public school funding crisis lingering from 1977. Senate and House plan to gear up for hearings on funds, constitutional challenges, and a sweeping plan to finance education through income taxes. Governor Rhodes may push for a constitutional fix while lawmakers weigh collective bargaining for public employees and sunset laws to dissolve failing agencies.
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Robert E. Miller
Columbus
Ohio
Senate
House
Robert McDavitt
Oliver Ocasek
Akron
Ocasek
Vernal G. Riffe Jr
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New
Cincinnati
Riffe
Theo
John E. Johnson
Dorrville
Ways and Means
James A. Rhodes
Rhodes
Superintendent optimistic about schools in 78
Dr. Franklin Walter, Ohio public instruction chief, projects a cautiously hopeful 1978 for 2.2 million students despite a history of financial crises closing districts and forcing absences. He cites 15 districts pausing classes and 88,000 students affected, while Cleveland and Columbus desegregation plans move forward and Dayton taps cross town busing amid court orders.
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Tom Diemer
Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Franklin Walter
Cleveland
Columbus
Dayton
NAACP
Cincinnati
Clinton County Common Pleas
Paul E. Riley
Walter
Toledo
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