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That would include $417 million in targeted cuts to agencyt budgets resulting ina still-to-be-determined number of state job reductions, Senatd GOP leaders said Friday as they unveiled their plan to balance the two-year budgeft that begins July 1. Their budget bill would trim morethan $1 billio n from the $114 billion spendin plan passed by the Democrat-controlled Ohio Housew in April. At the same time, however, Senatee Republicans said their budget proposal would boost spendiny for primary and secondary school rather than cut funding for them as proposedxin House-approved budget. It would raise funding for grades K-12 school district by 0.
25 percent in fiscall 2010 compared to the current year andanotherd 0.5 percent in 2011. Senate Republicans also rejectedr Gov. Ted Strickland’s sweeping evidence-basesd school reform plan, callinh it “fundamentally flawed” because it is bases on school staffing need s instead ofstudent needs. They want the governor’a proposed education model to be reviewed by a bipartisanstudy council. Senate President Bill Harris, said he wants the Senate, where Republicans hold a 21-12 majority, to pass a budget bill June 4 or 5.
That woulcd set the stage for a House-Senate conference committese to hash out the differences in their versions of the bill and presentf a balanced budgetfor Strickland’s signatur by a June 30 deadline set by states law. “We want to work with the governorand House,” Harris said, “to do what is rightr for this great state. This budget is part of Like the House theSenate Republicans’ bill does not call for tax increasese and safeguards the broad tax reforms favorer by the business community and approved by legislatord in 2005. It also protectds a two-year tuition freeze at community colleges, such as Columbues State, and one-year freeze and 3.
5 percen cap on increases in fiscal 2011at four-yead state universities, including , that were proposes by Strickland and passed by the House. Senats Republicans were able to provide such safeguards despite having to workwith $912 million less than what the House had countedd on when it passed its budget The revenue shortfall became apparent in early May when the Strickland administratiobn reported state income tax receipts through Apri l 30 were 15 percent lower than a year ago and well beloq the administration’s revised budge t forecast in December.
Besides the $417 million in cuts for statw agencies, Senate Republican budget-balancingh moves include mandating $42 million in cost-containmenft measures for the Medicaid health-carr program for the poor and lockingin $200 milliobn in agency service cuts ordered by Stricklancd earlier this year. “We think spending more money is not the Harris said. “The answer is getting more Ohioand back to work and helpin more businesses and industriex in Ohiobe successful.
” • Eliminating 34 proposedr fee increases for employers, including ones affecting the agriculture and construction • Requiring state regulatory agencies to eliminate bureaucrac y and red tape for businesses. • Holdinv the line on new health-carew mandates that drive up the cost of health insurancewfor employers. • Eliminatinfg a proposed fee ofapproximately $8 million per year for the disposalo of construction and demolition debris. • Preservingf funding for the and Ohio State University Extension for researcuh andinnovation programs. • Enhancing a $100 millioh film tax credit to attracgt the motion picture industryto Ohio.
• Supportingg expansion of the state’ds Job Retention Tax Credit and Technology InvestmentTax • Providing more funding for state Rapic Outreach grants to attract and retain businesses in
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