COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s reliance on property taxes to fund public schools dates back to the earliest days of statehood. The state began collecting property taxes in 1803, and by 1822 had formally ...

It sounds impossible. But it’s not. Where school tax bills were usually hundreds of thousands of dollars, they can now drop, sometimes to zero, if voters approve constitutional amendments in the Nov.

Shawn Wright’s property tax bill is 28% higher than two years ago — a tax increase of $824 — even though her community didn’t vote to approve any new taxes. The mother of five mostly homeschooled her ...