Replacement Levy Utilization by Ohio School Districts

This report provides a brief overview of the utilization of replacement levies by Ohio school districts from the proceeding 10 years (2014-2023).

February 2024 Replacement Levy Analysis
In the 10-year period from 2014 through 2023 there have 2,701 school levies placed on the ballot for voter approval. Of these, only 20 (0.74%) have been replacement levies.

Of the 20 replacement levies, eight were for operating purposes (one of which was for education technology purposes) and 12 were for permanent improvements. Of the 20 replacement levies, 12 (60.0%) received voter approval.

Of the 2,701 school levies, 1,561 were for operating purposes. Replacement levies comprised only 0.51% of total operating levies (eight out of 1,561).

Over the same timeframe, 472 of the operating levies were new levies while 1,081 were renewal levies. Once again, only eight of the 1,561school operating levies on the ballot from 2014 through 2023 were replacement levies. Thus, from 2014 through 2023 renewal school levies were placed on the ballot 135 times as often as were replacement levies.

Table 1 provides a list of all school replacement levies on the ballot from 2014 through 2023.

Table 1: School Replacement Levies, 2014-2023