Summary of the state of the state address

His ideas included adding 20 more days of instruction to the school calendar, requiring full-day kindergarten, beefing up teacher training requirements, threatening troubled schools with closure and having the state pick up a bigger share of school funding costs.

 

At the same time, Strickland previewed the budget he would submit to the lawmakers, which he said would include large cuts but no tax increases.

 

“Today, circumstances dictate that my budget proposal must once again be modest. But we will not waver from our commitment to live within our means and invest in what matters. Our revenues may have retreated, but we will not,” he said.

 

His proposal trimmed $3.2 billion from the previous year’s budget through program cuts, higher fees and penalties and one-time account transfers, but it also depended on Ohio receiving $3.4 billion from the federal stimulus package.