House Bill 153 makes numerous and drastic cuts to education, local governments and a wide range of public services. Instead, the General Assembly should take the necessary step of including new revenues. The damage of the cuts approach is becoming clearer each day, as cities, like Cleveland, announce layoffs of
Testimony to the House Finance and Appropriations Committeeon Substitute House Bill 153 Wendy Patton, Senior Associate May 2, 2011 Full Testimony
The Unbalanced Approach to Budgeting: House of Representatives’ Changes to SFY 201213 Proposed Budget The amended substitute House Bill 153, Ohio’s biennial budget proposal for fiscal years 2012 and 2013, emerged at the Ohio House of Representatives Finance and Appropriations Committee Thursday afternoon with small changes in programmatic funding, but
Guess who pays when private employers in Ohio offer low wages and shabby benefits? Policy Matters finds that state and federal government pick up the slack when private companies don’t provide workers enough to adequately take care of themselves and their families. Press Release Full Report
Economic Impact of Education Cuts in the Kasich Budget Proposal:An Input-Output Analysis The $2 billion in cuts to Ohio’s primary, secondary and higher education proposed in House Bill 153 for the FY2012-13 budget may have a larger impact than just the direct jobs cut and the weakening of education in
The share of revenues supporting education, infrastructure, health and well being of America’s civic society has been supported more by individuals and families and less by corporations over time. This is true on both the national and the state level. As an epic struggle over fiscal resources emerges at all
A Balanced Approach to Federal Debt Reduction Balancing the Budget on the Backs of the Children: Ohio’s Budget Proposal Heads Into the Home Stretch Follow the Money: Declining Corporate Contribution to the Public Good
Slash, Seize and Sell: The Executive Budget Blue Book ProposalsWendy Patton 4/7/2011 Governor Kasich’s executive budget slashes a wide swath of services, seizes revenue from local governments, libraries and schools, and sells public assets, including 5 prisons and the liquor distribution business. The Executive Budget calls for no ongoing revenue
Governor Kasich’s proposed budget for the coming biennium allows Recovery Act funds for colleges and universities to lapse, so the budget for the Ohio Board of Regents is cut by $413 million, or 8.1 percent over the prior biennium. The Executive Budget Proposal constrains tuition hikes to 7 percent over
Higher Education in Ohio’s Budget Governor Kasich’s proposed budget for the coming biennium allows Recovery Act funds for colleges and universities to lapse, so the budget for the Ohio Board of Regents is cut by $413 million, or 8.1 percent over the prior biennium. The Executive Budget Proposal constrains tuition
Sharing the pain: State seizes Local Government Fund and tax replacement funds Wendy Patton 3/29/2011 The Executive Budget Proposal for state fiscal years 2012 and 2013 garners approximately $2 billion over the biennium by elimination of revenue sharing and tax replacement for local government, libraries and schools (Table 1). The
Federal public work programs pulled families out of hardship and the economy out of the Depression in the 1930s, and it could do the same today. As Ohio closes in on a second year unemployment rates that have hovered around ten percent, a trickle-up, job-led recovery strategy makes sense from
