The problem is, each potential solution is politically explosive for state lawmakers and the governor. For example, earmarking more money for education would mean cutting elsewhere in the budget or raising taxes. Redistributing property taxes would amount to taking revenue away from affluent districts, almost guaranteeing a firestorm of protest from some of Ohio's most well-heeled and politically active residents. Eliminating the property tax as the school-funding foundation would mean raising sales and income taxes. Not likely, according to several.
Voters are more courageous than lawmakers.
They won't do it. It means changing the distribution of money. Anyone running in those districts will say, 'Look at your legislator. House Speaker Davidson said some of the doubting lawmakers might be expressing frustration that no matter what the legislature does, it won't be enough. Everybody has their own interpretation regarding what is the extent of the problem and what we need to do to fix it.