Ohio Senate Begins Debate Over Deep Budget Cuts

COLUMBUS, Ohio —The Ohio Senate Finance Committee has begun hearings on its pared down version of the state’s proposed two-year budget.  The Senate’s rewrite of the budget guts Gov. Ted Strickland’s school-funding plan and cuts $650 million to meet new, lower revenue projections.  Some social service advocates on Saturday thanked the Republican-led body for preserving programs for poor Ohioans and their children.
   
Ohio State University President Gordon Gee also thanked the Senate, which is maintaining a proposed tuition freeze next year, for supporting higher education.  Ann Sheldon, who lobbies for gifted children, expressed her concern with a 12 percent cut in dollars that support gifted programs.

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