The Jobs Budget seeks to restore our economic competiveness, create jobs and deliver Ohio taxpayers 21st Century government services. By making difficult choices that for too long have been avoided, the budget eliminates an $8 billion structural imbalance projected for the next two years and makes careful allocations of limited state resources while preserving the social safety net for the most vulnerable Ohioans.
CREATING JOBS IS JOB ONE
Creating a Permanent Commitment to Job Creation
Ohio Needs a New Approach to Economic Development, Old Approaches No Longer Work. With the loss of more than 400,000 jobs since 2006, Ohio must reform the way it approaches economic development if is to effectively compete against states and countries that want our jobs and businesses.
TRANSFORMING MEDICAID
Coordinated, person-centered care improves health outcomes and reduces long-term costs
Ohioans spend more on Medicaid—the health care program for low-income families—than on any other single program in the budget, and the costs only continue to increase—dramatically. Left alone, Medicaid costs would increase by 15.4 percent over the next two years and crowd out other priorities. Such runaway growth isn’t the hallmark of a compassionate society but of a neglectful one.
EDUCATION REFORM
Education That Gets Results and Gives the Taxpayers Their Money's Worth
While the international and national economy grows more competitive, Ohio has failed to make the educational progress necessary to improve its standing on the world stage. The Jobs Budget provides a reform agenda to move Ohio from being a manager of the educational status quo to a high-performer.
HIGHER EDUCATION REFORM
Making College More Affordable and Improving Lifelong Learning
Currently, Ohio’s 6-year graduation rate stands at just 60 percent. Further, spending for higher education has been rising faster than health care costs. Without greater flexibility and appropriate incentives, a complete and valuable college education will continue to be out of reach for far too many, and taxpayers will not receive the most value.
LOCAL GOVERNMENT RELIEF AND REFORM
Balancing the Budget and Restructuring the State Relationship with Our Local Government Partners
Ohioans shoulder higher combined state and local tax burdens than residents of most other states largely due to high local taxes. Changes to the Local Government Fund will reduce state revenue sharing with local government—a practice the federal government ended decades ago. To help local governments adjust to those changes, The Jobs Budget provides local governments and schools powerful new tools to help controls their costs.
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