School levy options eliminated, Ohio Senate overrides DeWine in search of property tax relief

The Ohio Senate has opted to override one of Governor DeWine's line-item budget vetoes and looks to provide potential property tax relief.

That relief is set to come in the form of reduced levy options for schools in the coming year. Going forward Ohio will not allow schools to place certain levies on the ballot including, fixed-sum emergency, substitute emergency and combined income tax and fixed-sum levies.

Fixed-sum emergency levy : An emergency levy that generates a set amount of money annually, since some levies fluctuate.

Substitute emergency levy : Substitutes an existing emergency levy, typically when new properties have been added to the tax base.

Combined school district income tax and fixed-sum property tax levy : Allows districts to combine two levy types, an income tax