Despite getting taxpayer dollars, Ohio private schools will likely continue with no oversight

Bipartisan push to force private schools to follow same public school regs

(The Center Square) – A group of bipartisan lawmakers in Ohio want private schools that receive public taxpayer dollars to follow the same rules and academic accountability as the state’s

Ohio bill would require increased accountability for schools using private school vouchers

Shown are students taking an exam. (Getty Images)A new bipartisan bill would require more transparency for Ohio private schools receiving Education Choice and Education Choice Expansion vouchers.  Ohio Sens. Kent Smith, D-Euclid, and Bill Blessing, R-Colerain Township, recently introduced Ohio Senate Bill 443, also known as the Take the Dough, We Gotta Know Act.  “The key point with this piece of legislation is that if you are going to take stat…

Bipartisan bill wants transparency for Ohio’s universal school voucher system

A Republican and Democratic duo are hoping to place transparency requirements on Ohio’s universal voucher program, which now directs more than a billion taxpayer dollars a year toward private schools.

Despite getting taxpayer dollars, Ohio private schools will likely continue with no oversight

A bipartisan group of Ohio lawmakers wants to know how private schools are using taxpayer dollars, but Republican leadership likely won't require the EdChoice program to have more transparency.For the past several years, Ohio leaders have given billions of taxpayer dollars to nonpublic schools using the EdChoice voucher program. It allows any family, regardless of income level, to get assistance with private school tuition.In the last budget, Ed…

Push on in Ohio to force private schools to follow same public school regs | The Highland County Press

Much of the information and many of the mandates that would be required under the proposed legislation is already required by Ohio state law, Yitz Frank, president of the nonprofit group, School Choice Ohio, told The Center Square. “Ohio already regulates private schools and by extension our nation's leading school choice programs more than any similar state,” he said.

Ohio bill would require increased accountability for schools using private school vouchers – BG Independent News

BY MEGAN HENRY Ohio Capital Journal A new bipartisan bill would require more transparency for Ohio private schools receiving Education Choice and Education Choice Expansion vouchers.  Ohio Sens. Kent Smith, D-Euclid, and Bill Blessing, R-Colerain Township, recently introduced Ohio Senate Bill 443, also known as the Take the Dough, We Gotta Know Act.  “The key point with this piece of legislation is that if you are going to take state dollars, the