Thursday, April 26, 2007
YOUNGSTOWN — Youngstown State University President David C. Sweet said he is pleased to see more state higher education funding in a House Republican budget plan, especially a proposal for STEM scholarships.
Just how the direct aid to colleges and universities will be structured, however, is uncertain.
State Sen. John Boccieri of New Middletown, D-33rd, was critical of the plan unveiled Thursday by the House Speaker, Republican Jon Husted of Kettering. “I have real problems with the Speaker’s proposal. That proposal would hurt students in our area and not lift the structural penalties imposed on YSU under the (state) funding formula,” Boccieri said.
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