Governor Mike Dewine recently proposed a child tax credit as a part of his state budget plan for 2026-27. In an effort to aid young families in Ohio, the state cigarette tax would increase to $1.50 in order to cover the child tax credit.

Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine’s two-year state budget proposal seeks to get more high school students to stay in Ohio for college through increased scholarship funding. But overall funding for the Ohio Department of Higher Education dips in the second year of his plan.