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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.
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| Does Missing Report Equal Money Hole In School Plan?. |
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By Bill Cohen - May 16, 2001 |
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A bitter debate has erupted among Ohio legislators over a "missing" report from their researchers, and some say it proves they haven't done enough to boost money for schools. The report was supposed to determine how much money unfunded state mandates have cost school districts so lawmakers could reimburse them, but the report was not issued on schedule last October.
In the meantime, the Ohio House has okayed a school funding, without knowing that the report concludes the price rag for unfunded mandates is between $300 and $500 million a year. Bill Phillis, the head of a school coalition, and Democratic State Representative Jack Ford say that means there's a huge hole in the school funding package lawmakers are now passing |
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Bill Phillis and Jack Ford (0:41) 
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| Republican lawmakers are down-playing the missing report that surfaced only after Democrats demanded it. G.O.P. state representative Jim Trakas tells statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen the report that asked local school officials to estimate their mandate expenses isn't really all that important. |
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Bill Cohen reports (1:14)
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| Republican lawmakers are down-playing the missing report that surfaced only after Democrats demanded it. G.O.P. state representative Jim Trakas tells statehouse correspondent Bill Cohen the report that asked local school officials to estimate their mandate expenses isn't really all that important. |
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