{"id":199164,"date":"2025-11-05T21:47:32","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T02:47:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=199164"},"modified":"2025-11-05T21:47:34","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T02:47:34","slug":"majority-of-school-tax-issues-pass-in-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2025\/11\/05\/majority-of-school-tax-issues-pass-in-ohio\/","title":{"rendered":"Majority of school tax issues pass in Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>VW independent staff\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>COLUMBUS \u2014 Ohio voters approved 66 percent of the school tax issues on Tuesday\u2019s general election ballot, according to unofficial results compiled by the Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA). The passage rate marks a 15-point increase from last year\u2019s general election, when 51 percent of issues passed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Renewal proposals, which maintain current tax levels, saw overwhelming support, with 55 of 60 passing for a 91.7 percent success rate, however, new money levies remain a challenge. Just 33 percent of new requests passed, up from last year. Voters approved 15 of 45 new levies, four of seven substitute levies, and three of nine bond issues. In total, 74 of 114 issues statewide were approved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA school board doesn\u2019t place a levy on the ballot lightly,\u201d said Tom Hosler, OSBA chief executive officer. \u201cEach question represents months of discussion about how to meet student needs while respecting a community\u2019s ability to pay. When a levy is rejected, it isn\u2019t failure \u2014 it\u2019s feedback. That exchange between schools and voters is the essence of local government and democracy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hosler added that the results reflect a shared purpose that transcends ballot outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor those celebrating, this moment honors partnerships districts have with their communities,\u201d he said. \u201cFor others, it\u2019s a chance to listen, reset and prepare for the next step. Across Ohio, boards and voters alike are united by a shared goal \u2014 doing what\u2019s best for students.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the results are complete, they have not yet been officially certified by the Ohio Secretary of State\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent staff\/submitted information COLUMBUS \u2014 Ohio voters approved 66 percent of the school tax issues on Tuesday\u2019s general election ballot, according to unofficial results compiled by the Ohio School Boards Association (OSBA). The passage rate marks a 15-point increase from last year\u2019s general election, when 51 percent of issues passed. Renewal proposals, which maintain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-199164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-04 15:20:02","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":199165,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199164\/revisions\/199165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}