Between 2000 and 2008, Ohio’s eight large urban districts (the “Urban 8″)-Akron, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Toledo, and Youngstown-placed 44 school funding issues on the ballot, 27 of which (61%) passed. This compares with a passage rate of 54% across all school funding ballot issues statewide during the same period. Passage rates for individual districts among the Urban 8 ranged from as low as 25% (one of four) in Canton to as high as 100% (three of three) in Columbus. Among Urban 8 school funding issues 5 mills or less in size, 87% passed.

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