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Diamond_Dog

(32,002 posts)
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 10:56 PM Jan 2022

Schools lawsuit: Ohio pupil voucher system unconstitutional

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s 25-year-old school voucher plan is creating an unconstitutional system of separately funded private education and leading to resegregation of some districts as nonminority students mostly take advantage of the program, according to a lawsuit challenging the system.

The EdChoice Program is depleting state funding meant to help struggling districts, and in many cases provides more money in voucher scholarships to districts than they receive in state assistance, said the lawsuit filed Monday in Franklin County Common Pleas Court.

In turn, many of the private schools attended by voucher students aren’t subject to state regulation and, unlike public schools, can base attendance on students’ intellectual capacity, athletic skills or religious faith, the lawsuit said.

The Ohio Constitution calls for a system of common schools, with standards and resources for all Ohioans, said Eric Brown, a member of the Columbus school board and a former Democratic chief justice of the Ohio Supreme Court.

“Funding schools that aren’t for everybody is not the business of the Ohio General Assembly, and it is not the responsibility of Ohio taxpayers to pay for these private schools,” Brown said Tuesday.

https://www.wcpo.com/news/government/state-government/ohio-state-government-news/schools-lawsuit-ohio-pupil-voucher-system-unconstitutional

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Schools lawsuit: Ohio pupil voucher system unconstitutional (Original Post) Diamond_Dog Jan 2022 OP
Of COURSE it's unconstitutional...... MyOwnPeace Jan 2022 #1
They don't want to improve schools for everyone Diamond_Dog Jan 2022 #2
This challenge needs to go nationwide. LiberalFighter Jan 2022 #3
Yep, and it should be made clear that this applies to private religious schools, as well. GoCubsGo Jan 2022 #4
That 'line' between Church and State.... MyOwnPeace Jan 2022 #5
Private schools have always been completely separate, by design localroger Jan 2022 #7
Good to finally to see some pushback. nt crickets Jan 2022 #6
Universal Pre-K NowISeetheLight Jan 2022 #8
School Support Squeaky41 Jan 2022 #9
Anecdotal, of course YP_Yooper Jan 2022 #10

MyOwnPeace

(16,927 posts)
1. Of COURSE it's unconstitutional......
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 11:01 PM
Jan 2022

but it is a way to make sure that 'those' people don't get the chance to, you know, 'better' themselves. Besides, not everybody wants their kids to have to be in a classroom with "those kind" - right?

GoCubsGo

(32,084 posts)
4. Yep, and it should be made clear that this applies to private religious schools, as well.
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 11:15 PM
Jan 2022

As if the First Amendment isn't reason enough.

MyOwnPeace

(16,927 posts)
5. That 'line' between Church and State....
Tue Jan 4, 2022, 11:27 PM
Jan 2022

has been being 'blurred' for years now - and that process is part of what they love about IQ45 - he doesn't give a s**t - he and his own kids went to private schools so who cares!!!! That's why Betsy DeVos was the 'Education Secretary' ( ) - she was a pro at directing 'public' money to non-public schools (and this is SO against the Constitution - but Moscow Mitch's Supreme Court can't read or understand that part).

It is ALWAYS the same story - FOLLOW THE MONEY!!!!!!!!

localroger

(3,626 posts)
7. Private schools have always been completely separate, by design
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 12:05 AM
Jan 2022

They are not supposed to take any public money. I attended a Catholic school even though my parents were Baptist; there were arrangements for this. The school was fully funded through tuition and alumni donations. They also gave me an excellent secular education, which is what my parents paid them to do. (Then again this may be a New Orleans thing, here the Catholic schools really do have the best secular education credentials.) But at least in my day as a student they did not whine about the public system and ask for public funding. They knew their place. And it was not a nice place in many ways, but it was theirs to make and to own.

Squeaky41

(160 posts)
9. School Support
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 06:45 AM
Jan 2022

Our tax resources should only go to a public education environment. Private education should rely on tuition resources only. Don't expect us to support rejection of "free" school for private selection. Better public teacher salaries would boost system enrolment.

 

YP_Yooper

(291 posts)
10. Anecdotal, of course
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 09:04 AM
Jan 2022

but all 4 of my kids attended one of the "top" public school systems in the Toledo area all the way up until we moved here to Pittsburgh. Did well there. The private schools always did better because they picked the "appropriate" student that would "fit the expectations" of the school.

All four were struggling to catch up to the educational level expected here. Pretty shocked, frankly. Glad I moved from that crazy state.

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