Ohio School Finance, Attendance, and Oversight Pressures

Barberton City Schools could run out of cash by December and is seeking fiscal-emergency status after a failed property-tax levy, with staffing and program cuts under consideration alongside a proposed new income tax. Ohio's attendance rules now count all missed instructional time toward chronic-absenteeism thresholds, while homeschooling enrollment rose 15% to about 61,000 after the state removed several oversight requirements.