Posted on 07/07/2023 4:07:03 AM PDT by Libloather
Ohio joined the growing number of states passing pro-school choice legislation by expanding its voucher program to more families.
"Ohio is the eighth state to go all-in on school choice in just two years," Corey DeAngelis, a senior fellow at the American Federation for Children, told Fox News. "The dam is breaking for the government school monopoly."
The $86 billion budget that Gov. Mike DeWine signed Tuesday included pro-school choice policies, joining Arizona, West Virginia, Iowa, Utah, Arkansas, Florida and Oklahoma, which passed similar legislation in the past two years.
Ohio's voucher expansion allows families earning up to 450% of the federal poverty line ($135,000 for a family of four) to apply for scholarships. Previously, only families earning up to $250% of the poverty line were eligible.
The scholarships provided increased by 12% - the same increase public schools received - with up to about $6,200 for K-8 students and $8,400 for high schoolers to use for private schools or for homeschooling.
The funding a family receives depends on income, though scholarships won't drop below 10% of the full scholarship amount, according to Dayton Daily News.
"Now Ohio joins the growing list of states that are empowering all families with school choice by making every K-12 student eligible for an opportunity scholarship," Jason Bedrick, a research fellow at the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation, told Fox News.
"Gov. DeWine and state lawmakers deserve great credit for putting families in the driver’s seat when it comes to their kids’ education," Bedrick added. "Families deserve to be able to choose learning environments that align with their values and best fit their children’s unique learning needs. In Ohio, that aspiration is becoming a reality."
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This is something the national GOP should get behind strongly. But I bet they won’t.
Meanwhile in Pennsylvania, the weasel governor reneged on a handshake deal with state republicans on school vouchers. The weasel is totally owned by the Teachers union. among others. And Republicans remain as feckless as ever. The weasel has his sights set higher than the governor mansion in Pa.
p.s. - the weasel is also keeping the unfit Fetterman under wraps until 2024 in order to avoid a special election next year..
No public money for schools, give a tax credit for money actually spent by parents.
There will always be some fraud but not DOE/Randi W./NEA/AFT level.
We have to get all the red states on board with this and let the blue states continue to decay. The Republican Party should be the family party. And that is what they should run on this coming election.
“up to about $6,200 for K-8 students and $8,400 for high schoolers to use for...homeschooling.”
I learned that mommy can smoke a lot of crack.
You are absolutely correct. This is an issue that has the potential to bring a lot of swing voters to our side. Suburban moms and other relatively low-information voters are ambivalent about a lot of issues but educating their kids is not one of them. Youngkin rode this issue to a win in a purple state and others should follow his example. It’s an easy argument to make as COVID demonstrated that the actual education of your children is not the priority of the teacher’s unions.
“school choice”
Harvard, because nothing is too good for Leroy.
Worst part is they just raided the state’s reserves to pay for the increased money going to teachers and welfare recipients.
People have forgotten that a lot of private schools have gone bonkers.
The statist agrees with you and makes this same point.
People can’t be trusted with freedom, they won’t make the right choices.
The Texas legislature is owned by the unions. Abbott would sign it if they passed it.
Ah... this one of your assigned “issues”.
Been a while.
Instead of vouchers, parents (and grandparents) might be allowed to apply the tuition paid as a tax credit to the school components of their property tax bills.
Building up the private school system this way ensures it gets expanded under strong market force conditions.
“People have forgotten that a lot of private schools have gone bonkers.”
They got control of the private schools by taking over their accreditation system, and are forcing them to be defacto public schools.
VERY, VERY, CLEVER. If the private schools want to send their graduates to colleges, the schools MUST be accredited.
So, either we take back the accreditation system used by private schools, or they will continue to be defacto public schools.
In Japan, teachers must rotate among schools.
“If the district teachers are getting a certain amount of pay, my teachers deserve a certain amount of pay. Why? because all the boys are the same.”
Tony Traynham, Statesman College Preparatory Academy For Boys
Quotes:
As public schools, charter schools cannot charge tuition or impose special entrance requirements; students are usually admitted through a lottery process if demand exceeds the number of spaces available in a school. Charter schools generally receive a percentage of the per-pupil funds from the state and local school districts for operational costs based on enrollment. In most states, charter schools do not receive funds for facilities or start-up costs; therefore, they must rely to some extent on private donations. The federal government also provides revenues through special grants.
According to the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, a charter school advocacy group, there were an estimated 115 total charter schools in the District of Columbia in the 2015-2016 school year. These schools enrolled approximately 39000 students.
Overall, charter school students accounted for 49.87 percent of total public school enrollment in the District of Columbia in 2015.
The United States Congress approved the District of Columbia’s charter school law in 1996.
https://ballotpedia.org/Charter_schools_in_the_District_of_Columbia
“People can’t be trusted with freedom, they won’t make the right choices.”
President Joe Biden got about 81 million votes from about 80 million voters.
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