THIS MORNING. STEPHEN. ADAM. THANK YOU. 602. HAPPENING NOW. THE HEAD OF OHIO’S TEACHERS UNION IS JOINING THOUSANDS OF EDUCATORS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., TO PROTEST EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. WLWT NEWS LUCAS SPOKE WITH THE PRESIDENT OF THE OHIO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION ABOUT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN HERE AT HOME IF THIS AGENCY IS CUT. GIACOMO, WHAT DID THEY HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THIS? A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE WATCHING. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. STEVE AND THE HEAD, THE PRESIDENT OF THE OHIO EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, THAT’S THE UNION REPRESENTING 120,000 OHIO TEACHERS, SAYS HE’S WORRIED HOW THE END OF THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION COULD BE DEVASTATING FOR LOCAL SCHOOLS. NOW, IT’S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL DOES NOT SET CURRICULA. THAT’S ACTUALLY LEFT UP TO THE LOCAL AND STATE LEVELS. IT’S MAINLY RESPONSIBLE FOR HANDING OUT MILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FEDERAL FUNDS APPROVED BY CONGRESS, AND MAKING SURE STUDENTS HAVE EQUAL ACCESS TO EDUCATION. NOW, LAST YEAR, OHIO PUBLIC SCHOOLS RECEIVED MORE THAN $650 MILLION. THAT INCLUDES SUPPORT FOR HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF LOW ACHIEVING STUDENTS WHO ATTEND SCHOOLS WITH HIGH POVERTY RATES. NOW, HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS MORE WENT TO PROGRAMS LIKE HEAD START. FEDERAL COLLEGE AID AND STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES. EDUCATORS WORRY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THAT MONEY DISAPPEARS. THESE KINDS OF FEDERAL CUTS COULD EXPLODE. CLASS SIZES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. COULD COST THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF EDUCATORS THEIR JOBS. WE’RE REALLY CONCERNED, AND WE’RE CONCERNED BECAUSE AS EDUCATORS, WE’VE COMMITTED OUR LIVES TO ENSURING EVERY SINGLE STUDENT IS SET UP FOR SUCCESS. NOW WE KNOW EDUCATORS FROM KENTUCKY WILL ALSO BE RALLYING IN WASHINGTON, DC TODAY. MEANWHILE, AS FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP, HE HAS VOWED TO CLOSE THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, SAYING IT’S BECOME POLITICAL AND INFLUENCING CURRICULA. ALTHOUGH HE’S NOT SAID HOW. WE’RE LIVE IN DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI. GIACOMO LUCA, WLWT NEWS FIVE. GIACOMO, THANKS SO MUCH. THIS ALL COMES AS THE PRESIDENT’S NOMINATION FOR EDUCATION SECRETARY AND FORMER PRO WRESTLING EXECUTIVE LINDA MCMAHON IS SET FOR A SENATE CONFIRMATION HEARING TODAY. THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID H
Here’s how much Ohio schools stand to lose under a dismantled Department of Education
Updated: 9:40 AM EST Feb 13, 2025
President Donald Trump’s nomination to lead and dismantle the United States Department of Education, Linda McMahon, is set to go before a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday. This comes as educators from Ohio and across the nation are rallying in the nation’s capital this week in protest of President Donald Trump’s calls to slash U.S. Department of Education programs and to shutter the agency. An executive order being prepared by the White House appears to recognize the limits of the president’s power, the Associated Press reports. The order would direct his education chief to start winding down the agency while urging Congress to pass a measure abolishing it, sources familiar with the plan told the Associated Press. The United States Department of Education has a $79 billion budget and is responsible for administering aid to schools across America and ensuring students’ rights to equal education.If President Donald Trump has his way, his pick for education secretary would be the last in the role. The Republican president has promised to close the agency, saying it has been infiltrated by “radicals, zealots and Marxists.”Scott DiMauro is one of hundreds of educators, parents and elected officials gathering in Washington, D.C., this week. He’s a social studies teacher in suburban Columbus, Ohio, and President of the Ohio Education Association, the union representing nearly 120,000 teachers in the Buckeye State. “Ninety percent of kids in Ohio attend public schools,” DiMauro said. “Ninety-five percent of students with disabilities are served by our public schools, and public schools depend on the federal government for essential supports like Title I, special education funding, and other programs to make sure that every single student has an opportunity to succeed.”Federal funding approved by Congress and administered through the U.S. Department of Education accounted for 11% of all public school revenue in the state of Ohio last year, according to a recent Ohio Legislative Budget Office report. Those grants fund more than a dozen programs that support impoverished and low achieving students, early learning and preschool, homeless children, free meal programs for hungry students, rural education, career and technical grants, neglected and delinquent children, and more than 61,000 English learners, U.S. Department of Education data shows.The United States Department of Education distributed more than $650 million to Ohio Schools through Title I alone in 2024, according to a report from the Ohio Legislative Budget Office. Title I is the federal program that offers funds to support low-achieving students in high-poverty schools and districts across America and aims to ensure all students have access to a quality education regardless of their background. Title I programs supported more than 808,000 students in Ohio last year, Department of Education data shows.The Cincinnati Public School district received more than $30 million in Title I funds in 2022, according to most recently available data from the National Center for Education Statistics. Cincinnati Public Schools receives more federal funding from the U.S. Department of Education than 99% of the more than 18,500 school districts across America. However, federal funding accounts for less than 5% of the Cincinnati Public School District’s more than $600 million budget, according to CPS and federal financial data. However, DiMauro said some school districts rely on as much as 25% of their revenue from grants distributed by the U.S. Department of Education. “These efforts to gut the Department of Education, to put an unqualified person in charge of the department — All call into question the commitment to ensure that every student, regardless of who they are, their background, has an opportunity to learn and grow and thrive,” DiMauro said.In 2024, the U.S. Department of Education also distributed more than $440 million to Ohio Head Start programs, which helps fund early learning programs like preschool and health services to the state’s youngest citizens and their families. About $900 million went to Ohio students who come from low-income families to help pay for the cost of college through the Federal Pell Grant program, according to U.S. Department of Education data.If Trump’s agenda is fulfilled, educators say class sizes will balloon, thousands of teachers will lose their jobs, and the quality of education will be diminished across America.
President Donald Trump’s nomination to lead and dismantle the United States Department of Education, Linda McMahon, is set to go before a Senate confirmation hearing Thursday. This comes as educators from Ohio and across the nation are rallying in the nation’s capital this week in protest of President Donald Trump’s calls to slash U.S. Department of Education programs and to shutter the agency.
An executive order being prepared by the White House appears to recognize the limits of the president’s power, the Associated Press reports. The order would direct his education chief to start winding down the agency while urging Congress to pass a measure abolishing it, sources familiar with the plan told the Associated Press. The United States Department of Education has a $79 billion budget and is responsible for administering aid to schools across America and ensuring students’ rights to equal education.
If President Donald Trump has his way, his pick for education secretary would be the last in the role. The Republican president has promised to close the agency, saying it has been infiltrated by “radicals, zealots and Marxists.”
Scott DiMauro is one of hundreds of educators, parents and elected officials gathering in Washington, D.C., this week. He’s a social studies teacher in suburban Columbus, Ohio, and President of the Ohio Education Association, the union representing nearly 120,000 teachers in the Buckeye State.
“Ninety percent of kids in Ohio attend public schools,” DiMauro said. “Ninety-five percent of students with disabilities are served by our public schools, and public schools depend on the federal government for essential supports like Title I, special education funding, and other programs to make sure that every single student has an opportunity to succeed.”
Federal funding approved by Congress and administered through the U.S. Department of Education accounted for 11% of all public school revenue in the state of Ohio last year, according to a recent Ohio Legislative Budget Office report. Those grants fund more than a dozen programs that support impoverished and low achieving students, early learning and preschool, homeless children, free meal programs for hungry students, rural education, career and technical grants, neglected and delinquent children, and more than 61,000 English learners, U.S. Department of Education data shows.
The United States Department of Education distributed more than $650 million to Ohio Schools through Title I alone in 2024, according to a report from the Ohio Legislative Budget Office. Title I is the federal program that offers funds to support low-achieving students in high-poverty schools and districts across America and aims to ensure all students have access to a quality education regardless of their background. Title I programs supported more than 808,000 students in Ohio last year, Department of Education data shows.
The Cincinnati Public School district received more than $30 million in Title I funds in 2022, according to most recently available data from the National Center for Education Statistics. Cincinnati Public Schools receives more federal funding from the U.S. Department of Education than 99% of the more than 18,500 school districts across America.
However, federal funding accounts for less than 5% of the Cincinnati Public School District’s more than $600 million budget, according to CPS and federal financial data. However, DiMauro said some school districts rely on as much as 25% of their revenue from grants distributed by the U.S. Department of Education.
“These efforts to gut the Department of Education, to put an unqualified person in charge of the department — All call into question the commitment to ensure that every student, regardless of who they are, their background, has an opportunity to learn and grow and thrive,” DiMauro said.
In 2024, the U.S. Department of Education also distributed more than $440 million to Ohio Head Start programs, which helps fund early learning programs like preschool and health services to the state’s youngest citizens and their families. About $900 million went to Ohio students who come from low-income families to help pay for the cost of college through the Federal Pell Grant program, according to U.S. Department of Education data.
If Trump’s agenda is fulfilled, educators say class sizes will balloon, thousands of teachers will lose their jobs, and the quality of education will be diminished across America.
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