School Funding Needs to Be Changed In Ohio our school funding system is broken. Many other states use the same method. We currently have a system where each school district raises money by taxing residents based on their real estate. This system means that rich districts get more money they need and poor districts, especially those with minority populations and urban areas, give their students a second rate education. Farmers as well are over taxed, because they own large tracks of land. What needs to be don is that states with this system of school funding should switch to a system of income tax that fully funds all schools in the state.  ¶ 3:55 PM