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Ohio Schools Superintendent Deborah S. Delisle pulled the plug on all-day kindergarten and other elements of former Gov. Ted Strickland's school-funding formula. With the writing on the wall, Delisle told local school districts in an e-mail yesterday that they do not have to comply with any requirement that costs money, and there essentially is just one: offering tuition-free, all-day kindergarten starting next fall.
2. GOP Lawmakers Sets New, Conservative Agenda
The top five bills introduced in the Senate sounded many of the same themes heard a month ago when House Speaker Bill Batchelder, R-Medina, outlined the priorities he and his GOP colleagues will advance in the coming months.
3. Medicaid and the State Budget
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has created an executive office to reorganize Ohio's Medicaid program by improving its care coordination and preventive care. He also expects the effort to help close the state's fiscal 2012-13 budget deficit of up to $8 billion and guide implementation of parts of the national health reform law.
4. John Kasich Brings Some Diversity to His Administration
After weeks of pressure from African-American leaders about the lack of diversity in his cabinet, Gov. John Kasich on Wednesday appointed Michael B. Colbert of Xenia to lead the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, one of the state's largest agencies.
5. Sentencing Reform Gains Momentum
Judges would be required to order probation instead of prison for offenders convicted of low-level felony crimes such as theft and drug abuse under a plan being announced Wednesday to reduce the state's soaring prison population and save as much as $62 million. Sentences for the most serious offenders would be lengthened, and judges would get more leeway in sentences for mid-level felony crimes, according to the report by the Council of State Government's Justice Center.
February 4, 2011