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Mike DeWine: “I'm very happy with Steve Dakken, who heads up that…”

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Gov. Mike DeWine nominates former Ohio State coach Jim Tressel as lieutenant governor

Published | Video Starts at 12:50

You know, we haven't totally defined his roles, but, you know, that will certainly be one of the areas that he will be working on. I don't look, for example, to, you know, I'm very happy with Steve Dakken, who heads up that department and, you know, as far as K through 12. And I'm not, you know, not going to change that. but he's going to be, I think, very, very valuable to us. You know, I've watched him work with the business community and, you know, historically, sometimes the business community and the education folks didn't talk a lot. (12:50–13:01)

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Asserts satisfaction with Steve Dakken's leadership of the Department of Education and indicates no plans to change that.

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