Ohio Republican threatens public school funding for local districts that stand up for themselves

By: Jeanne Melvin

Outlets: Ohio Capital Journal

Published: February 12, 2026

Words: 751

Last Updated: 2 weeks, 6 days ago

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Ohio spent more than a billion dollars on private school vouchers for the 2025 fiscal year, the second full year with universal (EdChoice) school vouchers — higher than the estimated cost that the nonpartisan Ohio Legislative Service Commission predicted about school voucher programs in the Buckeye State.

According to Ohio Department of Education and Workforce (ODEW) data, there were 1,652,539 students who attended Ohio schools during the 2024-25 school year; 88% of those …

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