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Northeast Ohio districts including Lorain, Streetsboro and Barberton say levies on the May ballot will determine job cuts and student access to extracurriculars.

Barberton City Schools was placed under fiscal oversight this month after forecasting a major deficit. How does the state's system of oversight work, and could more districts face oversight?

Buckeye Local School District is self-funding a new building, with some help from the state, after multiple failed attempts to get a bond issue past.

The state budget signed by Gov. Mike DeWine includes significant cuts in funding for some schools in Northeast Ohio, with Parma in particular losing about $4 million over the next two years.

The ruling on the lawsuit, filed by a coalition of more than 300 school districts, will likely be appealed. Meanwhile, Ohio legislators are still working on next year's budget which includes expanded funding for vouchers.

The levies on the ballot come as districts have seen less success in recent years with getting new levies passed, and as the state is looking to drastically pull back on its previous commitment to expanding public school funding.

Ohio House Republicans are offering small increases to public school districts as many face significant budget challenges and the state continues to focus significant resources on private school vouchers.

When Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine approved the state’s budget earlier this summer, the state boosted the state’s private-school scholarships to $8,407 for high school students. That’s now more than what most public school districts are receiving, on average, in funding from the state.

As the school year gets started for many students — whether they attend public, private or charter schools— it might be a good time to pause and look at how those students' schools are impacted by state funding in Ohio.

Most of Ohio's new school levies failed Tuesday, according to the Ohio Association of School Boards. That's the lowest success rate for these bond issues and levy requests since 2007 when the country was on the cusp of the Great Recession.