Pryce, of course, voted against it (Vote 118, HR 800). Why? Pryce does not do anything that would support the common citizen. Her votes support big business, the insurance companies, and the oil industry.
* Even though Jon Husted and the Republicans in the Ohio state legislature refuse to do anything to help Gov. Ted Strickland with his plans for public education, a new study suggests Ohio must do more.
Akron Beacon Journal:
For years, state officials have been talking about the need to give each child in Ohio a world-class education, and finally a price tag has been attached to the idea: $2.4 billion to $4.8 billion in new money.
The group that developed the plan is not the coalition that has successfully sued the state four times in the past decade, but a team of researchers at the University of Washington, funded in part by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has been sponsoring education research around the country.
The study suggests that Ohio should spend as much as 31 percent more on public education for such changes as longer school years, lower pupil-teacher ratios and significant improvements in early education.
A working draft of the study, called Education Policy and Finance Project for Ohio: Investments to Improve Student Performance, done by researchers at the Human Services Policy Center at the University of Washington, was obtained by the Beacon Journal through a public records request.
Last week, the Ohio Department of Education used the paper to brief Gov. Ted Strickland's administration, legislative leaders and a policy committee within the agency....
...Karen Tabor, spokeswoman for House Speaker Jon Husted, R-Kettering, said her caucus members are also still looking at the study....
Trust me, Husted and his Republican fat cats will be looking at the study for the next 10 years. Husted would rather sacrifice the children of the entire state than cooperate with Democrat Gov. Strickland and his new strategies for public education. If Husted and the Ohio Republicans refuse to work on school funding, they may find themselves out of office.
Contact Husted and tell him you'll hold him accountable for his inaction on education:
77 S. High St
14th Floor
Columbus, OH 43215-6111
Telephone: (614) 644-6008
Fax : (614) 719-3591
Email Address: district37@ohr.state.oh.us