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The lawsuit from the group calling itself Vouchers Hurt Ohio will claim the state is illegally pouring money into school choice rather than funding the fair and efficient system of common schools as required by the Ohio Constitution.
Bill Phillis sued the state over school funding in 1997 and won. He’s now leading this suit, saying lawmakers have also expanded eligibility for vouchers and are considering a bill for universal vouchers for all students.
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“This state has invested more than $20 billion in vouchers, charter schools and direct funding of private schools, Phillis said. Now, that s unconscionable when all this time we ve had an unconstitutional school funding system.”
School Voucher Opponents Plan To Sue Ohio wosu.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from wosu.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
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Licking Heights Local Schools has joined several other districts to sue the state over its EdChoice school voucher system
The program, which allows families to use public funds to send children to private schools, violates the Ohio Constitution, the group Vouchers Hurt Ohio contends. It argues that elected officials are failing to to meet their constitutional duty to fund a “thorough and adequate” system of public schools. We are a consortium fighting to ensure the state of Ohio acts within its own legal bounds Columbus Schools board member Michael Cole said. “To ensure that public school districts … are not again harmed by how dollars are siphoned off to accommodate, illegally and unfairly, other schools.”