Ohio bill would require increased accountability for schools using private school vouchers

Ohio taxpayers deserve accountability and oversight of $2.5 billion being sent to private schools

Ohio House Speaker Matt Huffman. (Photo by Morgan Trau, WEWS.)Ohio taxpayers are sending $2.5 billion to private and religious schools while Ohio public schools deal with the fallout of a $3 billion budget shortfall. Even if you think taxpayers should be forced to send money to religious institutions, despite the separation of church and state enshrined in the first clause of the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights… Even if you think state law…

Ohio Charter News Weekly – 5.29.26

Stories featured in Ohio Charter News Weekly may require a paid subscription to read in full. Flouting the law in Cleveland It appears that the City of Cleveland intends to flout the spirit of Ohio law by spearheading an aggressive drive to immediately sell off 12 of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District buildings that are being closed for good this week. Because the buildings have never been vacant and have been used for educational purpos…

Ohio bill would require increased accountability for schools using private school vouchers

Ohio spent more than a billion dollars on private school vouchers for the 2025 fiscal year, the second full year with near-universal eligibility.