COLUMBUS, OH — Vivek Ramaswamy’s plan to eliminate the state income tax would create a windfall for the wealthiest Ohioans while wreaking havoc on Ohio’s public schools. Under his plan, Columbus City Schools would lose just under $36.5 million – or a 4% cut, according to a new tool from Innovation Ohio and Ohioans United for Public Education (OUPE).

An earlier report from Innovation Ohio found that the Republican candidate for governor’s tax plan would result in a 10% cut to Ohio’s public school system – or about $2.4 billion in total funding. Because Ohio’s school funding formula is based on a district’s property values, districts with higher wealth and therefore, greater ability to generate more revenue locally, receive less funding from the state. They are still hit under Ramaswamy’s tax plan, but not as hard as districts where more residents have low incomes. See a table of selected districts in Southwest Ohio below and find information for all district on FakeVivek.com

Without additional state revenue, school districts will either ask voters to approve more levies or make cuts to educators, classroom materials, extracurriculars and more.

“It should be no surprise that Vivek Ramawamy’s agenda would decimate our public schools,” said Innovation Ohio President Michael McGovern. “Ohioans deserve to know just how much their kids’ schools will get screwed by Fake Vivek if he wins. Ramaswamy’s tax plan literally steals from our kids to give to the rich.”

See more examples of how districts in Central Ohio will be harmed: