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Public school districts get no break as the bus driver shortage rolls on in Ohio
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — More than 90% of school districts nationwide are still reporting bus driver shortages, and in Ohio that’s continuing in part because public schools must… Read More
Republican officials announce $105M in federal money is coming to Ohio charter schools
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio will get a big chunk of federal money to support existing charter schools and launch new ones. Republican officials made the announcement at the… Read More
Ohio will appeal the ruling that the state’s EdChoice voucher program is unconstitutional on Wednesday
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Ohio is preparing its appeal of last month’s trial court ruling saying the program that offers taxpayer-paid vouchers for families to use at private… Read More
Republican-led states keep adding school voucher programs even as critics worry about cost
By: Geoff Mulvihill | Kimberlee Kruesi | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — State lawmakers across the U.S. are pushing to use more taxpayer dollars for school voucher programs to pay for private school tuitions and homeschooling expenses even… Read More
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Ohio offers a new way to use public money for Christian schools. Opponents say it’s unconstitutional
By: Julie Carr Smyth | AP
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Around the country, advocates for Christian schools have been finding legal ways to tap taxpayer money used more typically for public schools. One new approach in… Read More
Ohio is funding the expansion of private, religious schools. Here’s what you need to know
By: Kendall Crawford | The Ohio Newsroom, Zack Carreon | WVXU
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CINCINNATI (The Ohio Newsroom) — Last year, Ohio expanded its school voucher program so that all families, regardless of income, can apply for private school scholarships. Now, the state is… Read More
Public school advocates worry DeWine’s budget will take money away from students
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Groups that advocate for public school interests are leery of Gov. Mike DeWine’s newly-proposed budget for K-12 schools because it includes an expansion of… Read More
Judge reviewing arguments over Ohio’s school voucher program
By: Andy Chow | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — A Franklin County judge is reviewing the many arguments filed in a court case against Ohio’s school voucher system, known as EdChoice. The EdChoice… Read More
Beshear Vetoes Bill Aiming To Create Scholarship Tax Credits
By: Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear has vetoed a measure that would allow limited use of scholarship tax credits for private school tuition. He calls it an unconstitutional… Read More