SPENDING PROPOSAL \Ohio Senate version


Whether to erase some of the fees proposed by Gov. Ted Strickland.

Scrapping Strickland’s proposed school-funding system in favor of a model that is similar to the one currently used.

How much to cut social services programs such as Help Me Grow, which funds nurse visits to the homes of at-risk children, and other social service programs.

Whether to extend government subsidized health insurance to children with families who are between 200 percent and 300 percent of the federal poverty level.

Which budget earmarks, or special projects, to cut and which to save.

How to make $1 billion in cuts overall while preserving funding for education.

Whether to preserve the House plan to spend more state money on nursing homes to help erase the impact of a fee increase, or to follow Strickland’s suggestion to decrease funding for nursing homes.