Provide tuition-free public higher education; levy taxes

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To amend sections 319.202, 319.54, 5747.02, 5747.03, and 5747.07 and to enact section 3345.012 of the Revised Code to provide a state-subsidized, tuition-free public higher education to Ohio students and to increase and levy taxes to fund that subsidy.

Source: OpenStates · fetched May 13, 2026

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Sponsorship · 6 Sponsors

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D · PrimeMunira Abdullahi
D · PrimeTristan Rader
D · CoChristine Cockley
D · CoCrystal Lett
D · CoBeryl Brown Piccolantonio
D · CoEric Synenberg

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