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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.

School districts like Parma, Elyria and Streetsboro are trying again for operating levies after past failures. Meanwhile, school districts will soon have to navigate the Ohio Legislature taking away several types of levies they'd previously relied on.

While levy renewals - calling for no tax increases - enjoyed significant support despite low voter turnout, districts requesting tax increases, including Parma, struggled to get those levies passed.

Inflation, voter apathy and partisanship may have all played a role in the defeat of levies on the March 2024 primary ballot, according to some involved with local levy campaigns.

School districts' requests for new money to fund operations and new facilities fared poorly in Northeast Ohio during the spring primary this year.

¾«¶«Ó°Òµ's reporters will discuss the local races and ballot issues voters will decide in this November's general election.

Republican lawmakers want voters to decide whether to raise the threshold for amending the Ohio constitution on an August ballot.

Akron Public Schools could put two school levies on the ballot as soon as spring 2024, officials said during a Board of Education meeting Monday night.

Should Akron Public Schools build a new school in the Kenmore neighborhood? How many schools should be closed or relocated amid declining enrollment? And how much debt should be taken on, if any, to fund new facilities? The Akron Board of Education is deciding on a new facilities plan.

The Canton City School District Board of Education voted Monday to move forward with seeking a levy in the spring to build two new elementary schools as part of a major facilities reconfiguration plan. The district is also putting plans to move McKinley High School on hold.