Cincinnati Public Schools faces fiscal-caution deadline, bus-death questions and levy test

CPS faces a projected $44.5 million deficit by 2029 and a Nov. 30 deadline for a state-required recovery plan; its 0.75% earned-income-tax levy is headed to the Nov. 3 ballot. The unresolved death of 7-year-old Ngone Talla on a school bus adds major student-safety and accountability concerns.