Ohio’s Auditor Keith Faber warns school districts to not use taxpayer or state money to fund levy campaigns in a recent press release.
This warning is a response to the frequent complaints from constituents to the Ohio Auditor about school districts wrongly using public funds. R.C. 3315.07(C)(1) prohibits boards of education from using public money to take positions on levies. Ohio Auditor Faber emphasizes that most times the wrongdoing is inadvertent but that more awareness is necessary to prevent that wrongdoing.
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Authors: Matthew John Markling and the McGown & Markling Team.
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