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On scholarships, DeWine described an existing program that provides top-5% graduates $5,000 per year for up to four years at any Ohio public university main campus. He said the program raised retention of top students in-state from roughly 60–65% before the incentive to 76% in the first year and to about 87% more recently. \"Any school in the state of Ohio, we give you $5,000 and we give it to you for 4 straight years... The first year we did this, it jumped up, to I think 76%. This year... we're at 87%.\"

DeWine said the state added an admission guarantee for top-5% students to main campuses of state universities, a change he described as another tool to keep Ohio's best students in state.

On the bill restricting many mandatory DEI programs and imposing classroom and tenure-related requirements, DeWine said he has \"made it clear I'll probably sign the bill,\" but that he planned to review the bill's language and remain open to reexamination if the law produced unintended harms to campuses. \"I'll go through this bill again and take a look at it,\" he said. He emphasized that universities should encourage diverse points of view and protect students' ability to express themselves.

Why it matters: Scholarship incentives and changes to campus policy could alter enrollment patterns, university admissions practices and campus programming. The governor's comments suggest support for both incentives to retain students and limits on certain campus DEI practices, but with a willingness to adjust policy after review.

Unresolved details: The governor did not provide legislative text for the DEI bill during the forum and did not specify metrics or enforcement details for the graduate-tracking proposals he described as a way to measure colleges' return on investment.

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\"What we don't know, is what the federal government is going to do,\" DeWine said. \"If they change the numbers or if they stop paying, that obviously we will have to make some very very difficult choices that frankly we do not want to have to make.\"

DeWine said Ohio has used Medicaid to target complex needs, including programs for children with multiple behavioral and physical-health needs. He described moving \"about 45,000\" high-need young people into a more coordinated care approach and said the state has pursued school-based clinics and mobile vision and dental services to reach underserved populations.

Why it matters: The governor acknowledged nearly 770,000 Ohioans participate in Medicaid expansion and said the state relies heavily on federal funding. Any federal change to the federal match rate could prompt difficult budget choices with effects on coverage, provider payments and local economies.

State-level proposals and work requirements: DeWine said he supports pathways that encourage participation in work or training for those medically able, describing such measures as part of a broader goal of helping Ohioans fully participate in society. \"The question is... why aren't they working? And what this does is if we try to put them on a pathway, we have someone meet with them, try to come up with whatever pathway they want,\" he said.

Uncertainties: DeWine did not commit to or rule out specific state actions if federal funding changes; he said his administration is monitoring federal developments and that program design and funding decisions would follow the receipt of official federal information.

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\"Over 98% of sports gaming is online,\" DeWine said. \"Of that online gaming, 99.5% of the money goes to out of state gaming companies. Who don't employ anybody in the state of Ohio. Who don't give anything to the economy of Ohio. ... I would raise that by 20% more. And that additional 20% more, will generate somewhere between $150,000,000 to $180,000,000 per year.\"

Why it matters: The governor framed the proposal as a way to stop drawing on the state's general fund for stadium construction—a practice he said has long competed with education and mental-health spending. He said the fund could pay for professional sports facilities and also subsidize youth activities, including fees for team participation and other extracurricular programs.

Policy details and scope: DeWine suggested the money would flow into a permanent fund that could help both stadium projects and youth programs, including non-sports extracurriculars where fees present barriers for participation. \"If a child has some other extracurricular activities, something that there there's a fee connected to it, this could pay for that as well,\" he said. He compared proposed rates to other states, noting New York has rates near 51 percent and said Ohio would remain competitive even if it doubled the current rate.

Legislative path and veto signal: Questions from the host raised the prospect that the legislature might instead insert a 30-year bond package into the budget to fund stadiums. Asked whether he would line-item veto bonds if lawmakers placed them in the budget, DeWine declined to promise a veto but reiterated his preference for a dedicated revenue stream and said negotiations lie ahead. \"We haven't seen the house budget yet, let alone the senate,\" he said.

Unanswered items: DeWine presented an estimated annual revenue range but did not supply legislative language, specific tax-rate numbers beyond the relative increase he described, or a plan for project selection and governance of the proposed fund.

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DeWine said the budget includes additional funding for literacy coaches tied to what he called the \"science of reading,\" $30 million aimed at targeted school-bus safety improvements and a \"significant amount of money\" carved out for mental-health services. \"Science of reading. We put additional funds in there for literacy coaches,\" DeWine said. \"Two years ago, we asked the legislature to basically mandate the science of reading in every school in the state. They have done that. We are seeing great, great success.\"

Why it matters: DeWine framed those spending priorities as investments that advance children's readiness and remove barriers to students' success, part of a broader goal he repeatedly described as helping Ohioans \"live up to their God given potential.\" The priorities could affect local school budgets, mental-health providers and counties that administer childcare and early-education programs.

What the budget would do: In addition to literacy and bus-safety funding, the governor said the budget expands childcare subsidies and proposes a $1,000-per-child tax credit for families with children under age 7. \"We now, as of a year ago, and we continue it in this budget, I think we added an additional, five over 5,000 families, over 7,000 kids who are getting, subsidized, childcare,\" DeWine said. He said the family tax credit would be funded by raising the tobacco tax by $1.50 per pack and that the revenue would be directed to the program.

DeWine also described proposals to improve access to vision and dental care for schoolchildren. He said an existing requirement for early eye screenings identified many children who needed exams but that only about one-fourth subsequently received those exams. The budget, he said, would expand mobile eye clinics and a dental pilot in high-need counties so children could receive exams and glasses on site.

Local context and limits: DeWine repeatedly noted that the legislature controls the final budget and said some details may change during the House-Senate conference process. \"We haven't seen the house budget yet, let alone the senate. And then there's a thing called a conference committee,\" he said. He urged lawmakers to retain the education and child-focused investments he presented.

Public programs mentioned: DeWine noted expansion of school-based clinics to reach underserved populations and cited ongoing outreach for the Dolly Parton Imagination Library effort led locally by the first lady, which he said delivers free monthly books to families with young children. \"We now have, I think, 412,000 kids every month get a book, free book in the mail from children from birth until the age of 5,\" he said.

Next steps: The governor said his proposals now move to the General Assembly, where the House and Senate will produce their budget plans and ultimately resolve differences in conference committee negotiations. He did not promise which items the legislature will keep intact.

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