CENTRAL OHIO -- Statehouse lawmakers offered proposed changes to Strickland's education plan Thursday.
Strickland said he's satisfied with the proposed changes.
What about parents and the students who will be affected?
NBC 4's Ana Jackson BROKE DOWN the proposal and why the changes will matter to all Ohio families.
Come snowstorm or windstorm, forget calamity days.
House leaders want to make up all missed days at the end of the school year.
"That's not a good idea because we just had the windstorm this year. I know Columbus was out for a week. There's things that's going to happen. So, we need calamity days," South-Western City Schools parent Helen McCoy said.
"I know the kids wouldn't like it, but with me, it would be fine to make it longer and just disregard calamity days altogether," Upper Arlington City Schools parent Carol Goldrick said.
Lawmakers also said they want to make the school year longer.
I'm totally for it because I think by making the school year longer, it would keep the kids out of a lot of trouble, Columbus City Schools parent Pamela Johnson said.
"That's OK as long as the kids still have time for their extracurriculars and vacation," McCoy said.
Lawmakers said they want to level the playing field for students by reforming the funding model.
They proposed using educational-challenge factors -- such as property, wealth, income and educational attainment -- to determine funding.
Poorer districts would get more state money; wealthier districts would receive significantly less.
"I'm totally for it because for so long the less fortunate districts have been suffering as opposed to the more affluent districts," Johnson said.
"You pay the taxes to go to a good school, and basically the more you pay, the better school you have," Goldrick said.
House leaders said school districts will be held accountable for progress and will have to be more transparent about how money is spent.
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