Senate Bill 89
Teachers unions urge veto on school funding bill
Two of Ohio’s top teachers unions are asking the governor to veto a new education bill just passed by the legislature. The Ohio Senate and House passed Senate Bill 89 last week after it spent months in a conference committee being revised and developed into a bill that, among other things, focuses on the private […]
EdChoice reappears, expansion approved in the Ohio Senate
Update 11/20 – The Ohio House passed the conference report in their Thursday session with a vote of 51 to 36 vote along partisan lines, with 12 members not voting because of absence. State Rep. Don Jones presented the report in the House. He said the bill “pivots from solely using a flawed report card measuring […]
EdChoice debate: Private schools a beneficial option, students and administrators say
Students and parents from Ohio’s private schools stayed up past their bedtimes in some cases to put their two cents in about the state private school voucher program’s fate. At conference committee hearings to decide on one particular proposal for EdChoice, private school advocates argued the workforce waiting for their students and the competitive nature […]
Bills could be in jeopardy after EdChoice amendments added then stripped
The EdChoice voucher program is still being debated in the Ohio legislature, but the amendments created in an attempt to resolve the issue could bring collateral damage for the bills to which they were hurriedly attached. As both the House and Senate deliberated over the private school voucher program, the amendments the chambers proposed were […]