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Ohio school voucher program faces growing teacher lawsuit

Ohio teachers warned the state s universal voucher entitlement program will negatively affect public education, and in a lawsuit expected to move forward this month, they are arguing it is unconstitutional. Recent changes to the EdChoice Expansion Scholarship Program allow all families, regardless of income, to apply for more than $8,000 dollars in vouchers per child to pay for private schools. Dan Heintz, an Ohio public schoolteacher and elected member of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights Board of Education, said Ohio will now spend $1 billion a year in taxpayer money on private school tuition, and the money is withdrawn from the same budget line item funding public schools. . ....

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