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By William Hershey and Laura A. Bischoff
11:51 PM Monday, May 4, 2009

COLUMBUS — An overwhelming majority of Ohioans — 88 percent — believe it’s important to “even out” education funding between school districts, but 55 percent are not willing to pay more in taxes to make funding equal, according to a poll released Monday, May 4.

The poll by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute, a pro-charter school group, and “Catalyst Ohio” education magazine of Cleveland, also found that 64 percent said they didn’t know enough to say whether the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled the funding system unconstitutional.

The court has made that ruling four times since 1997.

The poll, taken April 1-9, found that 22 percent believed that if Ohio spent more money on its public schools that the money actually would get to the classroom.

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