Governor Ohio Mike Dewine, on the left and marshal of the house Ohio Matt Huffman, on the right. (Photos of Morgan Trau, wt.)
Ohio Governor Mike Dewine emphasizes the importance of financing and supporting schools As legislators from Ohio House, they are still considering replacing their vetos.
Recent republican fights began when the governor closed several budget regulations, which according to GOP would ensure relief in real estate tax.
On Monday, the rainfall from Ohio House in Ohio landed at the executive foot on Monday.
“We have to finance our schools,” said the governor on Wednesday. “We must finance our mental health in the state.”
In a two -year operational budget, bleached restrictions vetoed in terms of imposing emergency fees in voting or demanding an enhance in the current fee.
This provision has eliminated the replacement of real estate tax fees for all political divisions. In the case of schools, they would forbid them to impose an emergency fee with a fixed sum, a substitute emergency fee and a combined income tax of the school district and a fixed -total tax fee.
But the house in Ohio barely donated the replacement of the recipe, 61-28, simply removing the 60 votes threshold.
All present democrats voted against it, and they were joined by a Republican representative of the Scott Oelslager. Former speaker Jason Stephens, R-Kitts Hill, did not return to the replacement session, but if so, he said he said He would vote for them.
On Monday, the Marshal of the House of Ohio Matt Huffman, R-Lima, explained why he was trying to replace veto.
“(Voters) do not quite know what they are voting for,” said Huffman, “because everyone wants to” vote for children “, but later find out how high taxes they went.”
Huffman also claimed that GOP, Minus Dewine, aims to immediately ensure the relief in real estate tax, which is why the speaker also wants to replace two other veto. However, he was unable to get votes to replace them.
Dewine removed the provision that would allow budget committees to unilaterally take money from the school fees transferred if they consider it “reasonably”.
He also vetoed another one, which would require that tax fees in emergency and substitute, growth rates, conversion rates and part of the property tax on income tax and real estate tax tax are included in the calculations of 20-millions of floor for the purposes of school financing.
“We must have a governor who wants to do something about it,” said Huffman, emphasizing his view that the problem is that “taxes (they are) too high”, while “government expenditure (they are) too high at local level.”
Schools argue that this will require huge cuts of programs, teachers and buildings – and this is when GOP has reduced hundreds of millions of dollars from the expected funds this year.
Asked if the state government is obliged to finance public schools more than in the budget, Dewine said that the state government is undergoing a trial and the replacement is not yet in stone.
“Two great goals are: we must get relief to those who really need relief, and secondly, we must continue to support our schools,” he said.
A modern property tax working group is part of its solution and discouragement. The group of auditors of the Fountain and Curators is to assess the best rules.
“They focus for the next 60 days,” said the governor, adding that they meet for the first time on Thursday.
Huffman claimed that the group was not necessary.
“It seems to me that I am stunned, that the governor would veto them and say:” Well, let’s just study, “said the speaker.
Over the past few years, there have been many property tax assessment groups, but legislators have not presented any significant relief.
“We have to do something to help these people in the indicated way,” said the governor.
Replacement of fees still has to go through the Ohio Senate to enter into force.
Legislators will probably try the rest of their deputies before the law enters into force at the end of September:
Legislators have until the end of 2026 to replace.
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