The school funding plan that passed in the Ohio House last week , but one member of the group who proposed the legislation isn鈥檛 giving up hope.
, which introduced the Fair School Funding plan, passed overwhelmingly in the House, but an influx of COVID-19 cases in the General Assembly and a limited amount of time before this session ends means there may not be enough hearings to vote on the bill.
Akron Public Schools Chief Financial Officer Ryan Pendleton was part of the Fair School Funding Workgroup that introduced the bill. He doesn鈥檛 think this is the end of the plan.
鈥淭o have the monumental vote that occurred in the House last week and leading into our hearings in the Senate, that energy is going to remain, that continued progress is going to remain,鈥� he said.
Pendleton is not giving up hope on the plan and is already looking to propose a new version next year.
鈥淭he workgroup will remain part of it. I鈥檓 sure the bill sponsors, albeit the ones that are still in the general assembly and those who are out of the general assembly, will be advisors to us, I鈥檓 sure to continue to carry this torch,鈥� he said.
Pendleton said the group has been invited to start participating in talks about new iterations of the bill as soon as January.
