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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
The Kentucky school choice ballot measure pits competing messages from Gov. Andy Beshear and Sen. Rand Paul
By: Bruce Schreiner | AP
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — As Kentucky voters ponder whether to allow some of their tax dollars to support students attending private schools, the high-stakes debate has turned into a test… Read More
Ohio Senate Republicans want to know how much money schools have put toward voucher lawsuit
By: Karen Kasler | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — Republicans in the Ohio Senate have asked the state auditor to find out how much money public school districts have put toward a lawsuit over… Read More
Universal school vouchers supporters seek Ohio lawmakers’ attention after a Statehouse rally
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — As the Senate is preparing to release its version of the two-year state budget, supporters of universal vouchers for Ohio’s K-12 students gathered to… Read More
West Virginia Supreme Court hears arguments in school voucher case
By: Associated Press
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A lawyer representing parents who sued the state of West Virginia argued in the state Supreme Court that a voucher program that would provide parents state… Read More
A Proposed Bill Would Allow All Ohio Kids To Attend Private Schools Using State Dollars
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (Statehouse News Bureau) — About 35,000 Ohio K-12 students currently receive state-funded vouchers to attend private schools under the EdChoice program. But there’s a new bill that would… Read More
Proposed State Bill Creates Infrastructure for Future Federal “School Choice” Program
By: Jo Ingles | Statehouse News Bureau
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A federal program that could provide $5 billion dollars to private schools across the country hasn’t received the ok from congress yet. But that’s not stopping at least one state… Read More