Govermnent Data proves Governor Continues to Shrink Education Budget

Steve Dyer recently crunched the education budget numbers produced by LSC, and produced the table below. It shows the on going defunding of public education in Ohio by Governor Kasich. Since 2010 education funding has shrunk year-on-year from 21.7% of state funds to 19.4% this year - despite increased monies from the economic recovery being available.

Dyer notes

If this budget had the same commitment as the one prior to Kasich taking office, Ohio would have spent $1.3 billion more on education in FY15 than it actually is spending.

FY10 FY11 FY12 Fy13 FY14 FY15
Total ED Funding $12,064,962,135 $11,914,583,939 $11,280,775,954 $10,879,823,770 $11,520,765,322 $12,013,518,929
Total All Funds $55,676,487,088 $54,883,477,824 $52,854,463,737 $53,427,114,306 $59,484,815,814 $61,636,877,244
% of Funds to Education 21.7% 21.7% 21.3% 20.4% 19.4% 19.5%