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Junior League witness urges restoration of Foster-to-College scholarship in budget
Summary
Julia Marino of the Junior League of Columbus testified before the House Finance Committee urging lawmakers to include the Foster to College Scholarship Act in the state budget and described how omission will disappoint children who testified in support.
Julia Marino, a postdoctoral scholar and member of the Junior League of Columbus, asked the Ohio House Finance Committee on April 8 to reconsider and include the Foster to College Scholarship Act in the House budget bill, saying the omission would disappoint students who had testified in support.
Marino recounted the testimony of a 10-year-old she said the committee had heard previously, noting the child had said the scholarship would allow her to attend college and become a nurse. “When we tell her that this funding was omitted,…
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