Grendell Supports Senate Version of State Budget

State Sen. Tim Grendell, R-18, voted in favor of the Ohio Senate's version of the state budget, which is now headed to a conference committee to settle differences between the Senate and House bills.

The Senate bill passed Wednesday by a 23-10 vote that went along party lines.

Grendell said the budget proposed by the Senate increases funding for primary education in Lake and Geauga counties and the Mayfield school district by more than $10 million more than the House version and increases funding for local governments in those areas by more than $4 million.

He said he advocated for proper funding of school districts and local governments.

"Making sure that our schools and local government received adequate funding for my top budgeting priority," Grendell said. "The Senate budget is a major improvement for schools and local government funding.

Grendell said he also worked for budget provisions to decentralize the E-check emission testing program, provide adequate funding for food banks and parochial schools, give proper auxiliary support for parochial schools, study restructuring and downsizing state government and to require that JobsOhio transactions be done in compliance with the state constitution.

, and previously discussed how an earlier draft of the budget would affect them. Each entity would lose some of its state funding.