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CITY OF NORTH OLMSTED RESOLUTION NO. 2015—36 By: Council Member Kearney and Council members Barker, Brossard, Hemann, Limpert, Schumann& Williamson A RESOLUTION URGING THE GOVERNOR OF OHIO AND THE OHIO GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO CHANGE OR ENACT STATE LAW THAT ENSURES GREATER ACCOUNTABILITY FOR OHIO'S CHARTER/COMMUNITY SCHOOLS AND RESPONSIBLE FUNDING FOR TRADITIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY, AS AMENDED. WHEREAS, good local schools are critical for attracting and retaining residents and employers in Ohio's communities; and WHEREAS, a fully funded system of public education is mandated by the Ohio Constitution; and , by $515 million dollars in 2014 2015 compared to aggregate state funding in 2010 2011; and WHEREAS, aggregate state funding for Ohio's traditional public school districts remained relatively flat from 2010 to 2014 while aggregate state funding for charter/community schools increased approximately 33% during the same time period to more than $900 million dollars per year; and WHEREAS,annual aggregate state funding for charter/community schools would increase to more than approximately $1 billion dollars under HB 64 (the State's biennium budget bill) as it is currently proposed; and WHEREAS, the North Olmsted City School District ("NOCSD") received $1,642.58 per student in basic state aid in 2013-2014, but lost $7,179.87 in state aid each time a student left the NOCSD to attend a charter/community school, creating a deduction of $5,537.29 from the district's General Funds per transferred student; and WHEREAS, of the 19 different charter/community schools that students from the NOCSD left to attend, only one outperformed the NOCSD academically as reflected in the overall Performance Index grade for each school/district; and WHEREAS, two independent reports released in December of 2014, by leading national evaluators of educational performance and processes, revealed that Ohio has one of the least accountable and least effective systems of educating charter/community school students in the United States; and WHEREAS, HB2, legislation to improve community school sponsorship and management practices, passed by the Ohio House of Representatives in March of this year,