George Voinovich: Despite increased school funding during his governorship, the Ohio Supreme Court's DeRolph v. State rulings, beginning 1997, found the state's school-funding system unconstitutional. His own push to raise the state sales tax to address the funding gap was defeated at referendum when Democrats opposed it, leaving the underlying constitutional funding problem unresolved when he left office.

This is one of 4 dated entries in George Voinovich's record in office on this site, filed as a action dated 1997. The sentence above is the entry as this site states it; anyone else's reading of it is listed below in their words.

Date

1997

Evaluations

The Ohio Supreme Court, in DeRolph v. State

https://www.oepiohio.org/2022/03/21/the-central-importance-of-the-derolph-rulings-to-school-funding-in-ohio/

Said

the state's school-funding system was unconstitutional

Url

https://www.oepiohio.org/2022/03/21/the-central-importance-of-the-derolph-rulings-to-school-funding-in-ohio/

Kind

action

What

Despite increased school funding during his governorship, the Ohio Supreme Court's DeRolph v. State rulings, beginning 1997, found the state's school-funding system unconstitutional. His own push to raise the state sales tax to address the funding gap was defeated at referendum when Democrats opposed it, leaving the underlying constitutional funding problem unresolved when he left office.

• Record in office on George Voinovich's page

1. https://www.oepiohio.org/2022/03/21/the-central-importance-of-the-derolph-rulings-to-school-funding-in-ohio/
2. https://www.ideastream.org/education/2017-04-25/ohio-school-funding-unequal-20-years-after-supreme-court-case