COLUMBUS, Ohio — Teachers and parents who are a part of the “All In for Ohio Kids” coalition are speaking out against Gov. Mike DeWine’s proposed budget. 

The coalition said if the budget passes, public schools in Ohio would lose about $103 million.

“The legislature has to go all in for Ohio kids and fully and fairly fund schools in this budget,” said Ali Smith with Policy Matters Ohio.

The group built a fair school funding explorer tool that can be found at

Once on the website, type in your district and it will show how much money the district will receive in the next two years if funding remains the same. It also has a link to show how much that district would lose if the governor’s budget goes through.

“Anything other than fully funding this up-to-date plan will force communities between raising property taxes or under-funding schools. Neither of those are acceptable,” said Smith.

A spokesperson for DeWine’s office said that the school funding formula is “designed to provide schools with more state support when the school districts receive less local property tax revenue and less support to the districts that receive more local revenue.”

Kia Reyes Woodward, a Columbus City Schools parent, said the cuts would be unfair, especially after voters recently passed a levy.

“For the governor to wipe in and take those gains in one swoop is incomparable,” said Woodward.

She said everyone deserves the right to have a good public education.

“Education in this country is a right and not a privilege. We are making education a privilege and that’s a travesty in my opinion,” she said.