Ohio Economic Experts Panel
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March 31, 2025: Free school lunch
Last month, S.B. 109 was introduced, a bipartisan bill that would offer free breakfast and lunch to all children in Ohio’s public and charter schools. If passed, this bill would cost the state an estimated $300 million.
Question A: Universal free school lunches will improve student outcomes such as test scores and graduation rates.
Question B: Universal free school lunches will promote equitable outcomes in Ohio’s K-12 education system.
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Ohio Economic Experts Panel
Goal: Policymakers need information from experts to craft policy that is effective, efficient, and equitable. The Ohio Economic Experts Panel is a tool for promoting better policy outcomes by providing policymakers, policy influencers, and the public with the informed opinions of Ohio’s leading economists.
About: The Ohio Economic Experts Panel consists of over 40 economists from colleges and universities throughout the state of Ohio. Panelists answer monthly questions of relevance to state policy indicating the degree to which they agree or disagree with a policy question and their confidence in their answer based on available evidence.
The Ohio Economic Experts Panel is a social bottom line service of Scioto Analysis, a public policy analysis firm based in Columbus, Ohio.
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