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School Districts File Lawsuit to Eliminate EdChoice
Approximately 100 school districts filed a lawsuit this week to eliminate the EdChoice Scholarship Programs. The filing is available below.
Happy New Year – Districts Use Tax Dollars to Try to Take Away School Choice From Families
Guess it wasn’t enough for districts that they received the funding system they helped create and had funding for school choice programs funded directly by the state. Now, a group of school districts is suing the state of Ohio claiming EdChoice Scholarships are unconstitutional. Below is the list of districts that have signed on to…
S.B. 229 Provides Options to Schools
SB 229 passed the General Assembly December 8, 2021. This bill is effective immediately andprovides schools the flexibility to change instructional delivery based on student needs andgeneral conditions.
What Are Ohio Parents Thinking About?
Key findings in a recent survey of Ohio parents include: Nearly nine out of 10 Educational Choice Scholarship Program parents (89%) are satisfied with the voucher program, and approximately four out of five Cleveland Scholarship Program, Autism Scholarship Program, and Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program parents are satisfied with their respective school choice programs….
Transportation Help
As school starts across the state, transportation is taking center stage. What do you do ifthere are problems with school transportation? Who do you talk to?
School Transportation Webinar
Friday, August 13, School Choice Ohio presented a webinar regarding school transportation. The webinar reviewed existing requirements as well as provided an overview of provisions included in HB 110 that will be effective September 30, 2021. Below are the presentation slides from this webinar. If you have any questions or need assistance dealing with a transportation…
Using Your Tax Dollars to Try to Take Away School Choice
Today a coalition of school districts and traditional education organizations calling themselves Vouchers Hurt Ohio, announced that they are about to file a lawsuit against the State of Ohio. Not surprisingly, this coalition has more than the EdChoice program in its sights. Their website says: Our legal team is exploring a wide range of issues…
Transportation Guidance
The work that takes place every year to ensure that Ohio’s school children get to school every day – thousands of buses, driven by thousands of trained drivers, traveling millions of miles with millions of students – is absolutely amazing! And we so often take it for granted. I
SCO Statement Regarding Senate Substitute Budget Bill
COLUMBUS, OH (June 1, 2021) – Today, the Ohio Senate’s Finance Committee adopted a substitute version of H.B. 110, the state’s biennial operating budget. Welcomed by families and education advocates alike, the substitute bill included several key provisions:
Money, Money Money
No one will deny that the past year has, at times, been a struggle. The struggle was sometimes acute for Ohio schools and districts as some students fell farther and farther behind academically. And as this school year winds down, attention shifts to helping students make up for lost time. Wondering how public schools and…