A new rewrite of the Ohio state budget nearly eliminates Governor Ted Strickland's school funding program as lawmakers continue to grapple with financial shortfalls, and local school leaders like Bridgeport Interim Superintendent Jerry Narcisi aren't happy with the news.

"The preschool and the kindergarten funding is critical for young children and that gives them the basis to accelerate in later years in high school and college and life," said Narcisi.

All-day kindergarten, new tutors, nurse and counselors and lower student-teacher ratios are on the chopping block. It was all the foundation of the governor's plan to reform education in Ohio.

So far the current blueprint for the budget increases money to school districts, but it feeds into a system some call outdated and in much need of the reform plan eliminated.