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Ohio House Considering Bill Changing Eligibility For Slain First Responder, Mililtary Fund

The Ohio House is considering a bill changing eligibility for the Ohio Safety Officers College Memorial Fund

The Anthony Dia Act seeks to ensure Dia's sons qualify for a waiver to cover their college costs.  Dia was a Toledo police officer who was shot and killed in the summer. Currently the fund provides tuition and fee waivers to spouses and children of police, firefighters and military members killed in the line of duty in Ohio. Dia's wife and two sons have moved to Michigan. 

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.