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Budget keeps student‑wellness funding, proposes principal apprenticeship and absenteeism prevention
Summary
Director Steve Dakin said the executive budget maintains the Student Wellness and Success Fund, adds a $10 million principal apprenticeship program, and recommends shifting chronic absenteeism strategies from compliance to prevention.
Steve Dakin, director of the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce, told the Senate Education Committee the executive budget maintains the Student Wellness and Success Fund and funding for school‑based health clinics, and proposes new prevention‑focused strategies on chronic absenteeism.
On absenteeism, Dakin said the budget would implement recommendations of the Ohio Attendance Task Force to shift…
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