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This week on "The State of Ohio": The budget is on its way to a committee that will hammer out the differences before the end of the month deadline. But there are serious issues on both sides that could slow down the talks. A billion dollars is headed back to Ohio employers who paid into the states Bureau of Workers' Comp program. But a critic says the BWC has an outstanding bill that remains unpaid. And more on how Ohio's poorest people are surviving the rising costs of a basic existence.
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| School Report Cards Will Change Categories, May Spark Confusion. |
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By Bill Cohen - January 3, 2002 |
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Report cards on individual Ohio schools are coming out Monday, and they may be more confusing than ever. That's because education officials are using new terms to describe different groups of schools, depending on how many of more than two dozen thresh-holds they've reached.
There will now be 5 categories, instead of 4. From the best to the worst, here's what they're called -- excellent, effective, continuous improvement, academic watch, and academic emergency. J.C. Benton speaks for the state education department, and he was questioned by statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen. |
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Bill Cohen reports (2:23) 
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| That's J.C. Benton of the Ohio Department of Education. He says in March, more information about each Ohio school will be released, including breakdowns on how ethnic and gender groups are doing. |
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