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Ohio Governor Signs Budget Plan Freezing College Tuition for Two Years

by Associated Press , July 2, 2007

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Also in the budget is $100 million for science, technology, engineering and math scholarships and more money for high schools that prepare students in those fields.

Strickland also won approval of an expansion of a program that allows poor children to be eligible for Medicaid coverage, another that allows eligible middle-class families to buy into the government health insurance program for a low premium and coverage for higher wage families with children uninsurable through the private market.

Part of the proceeds from the sale of Ohio's tobacco settlement installment payments expected to bring $5 billion from investors will fund a property tax break for all homeowners 65 and older, not just those who meet current eligibility requirements.



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