When we let vouchers drain our schools, it hurts us all.
October 14, 2025
Good Tuesday morning,
If you are a long-time reader, thank you.
If you are new to our list, welcome!
Each Tuesday morning, we send out an email talking about our lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the EdChoice private school voucher scheme that will cost taxpayers $1.7 billion in the next two years.
Here’s the good news: We’ve already won our case in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas. Judge Jaiza Page ruled EdChoice is unconstitutional on three counts. It is now being appealed by the state and out-of-state pro voucher interests to the 10th District Court of Appeals.
Here’s more good news: you will get information like the above each week and you will never be asked to donate to our cause like so many other emails that fill your inbox.
We raise money for our lawsuit by asking districts joining our coalition to pay $2 per student per year. For most of the public schools in the state, that is less than one high school voucher.
The state gives private schools $8,407 for high school students and $6,165 for K-12 students.
We also try to keep you apprised of what is happening with the effort by pro-voucher billionaires to expand these programs in other states and the pushback by grass roots coalitions like Vouchers Hurt Ohio.
In some states, public school groups have gone to their governor or their legislatures to fight vouchers, but in Ohio we do not have that option.
Our governor and state lawmakers are intent on Ohio becoming the Wild West of private school vouchers.
There are no income caps, meaning billionaires and millionaires are eligible for vouchers.
The vast majority of families taking vouchers are wealthy and already had their children enrolled in a private school so this is a refund and a rebate program.
More than 90 percent of the private schools taking vouchers are religious in nature.
It’s only going to get worse if we don’t fight.
Local public schools are already being forced to go back to their local taxpayers with levy requests to fill the holes in their budgets from the state shortchanging funding for public schools.
And there is a movement to expand the use of tax dollars for new construction and building repairs for private schools, at the same time many public schools wait in line for assistance from the state to upgrade their facilities.
If this upsets you, and it should, you can get involved.
Check to see if your school district is part of our lawsuit here.
If not, contact your local school board members, superintendent and treasurer and ask them to stand up for your public schools and protect local taxpayers by joining our coalition.
Learn how to join our coalition here.
Sincerely,
Vouchers Hurt Ohio