Meet Dan Heintz

September 15, 2026

Good Tuesday morning,

We are winning in the court of law and we continue to win in the court of public opinion because we have great people on our side who put so much time and effort into helping to inform Ohioans about the harmful impact of EdChoice private school vouchers.

Meet Dan Heintz.

Dan is a teacher at Chardon High School. He is a school board member at Cleveland Heights-University Heights. And he is a fighter for public schools.

Dan has helped Vouchers Hurt Ohio in so many ways.

Dan’s district lost $27 million to vouchers so they had to ask voters twice to approve levies. As Dan was going door-to-door, voters in his district thanked him for standing up for their schools and their property taxes by opposing vouchers.

Dan was asked to debate the issue representing public schools against an advocate for vouchers. Three pro-voucher people turned down the chance to debate and so Dan appeared alone and schooled the audience on harmful vouchers.

The pro-voucher crowd was smart to avoid him.

Dan has traveled the state talking to teachers, active and retired, and appearing before school boards.

He was in Wilmington in southeast Ohio recently. Here is a great story about his appearance before the board that ran in the Wilmington News Journal. 

From the article: 

“Heintz outlined the constitutional foundation of the coalition’s case, centering on Article VI, Section 2 of the Ohio Constitution. The 52-word clause mandates that the General Assembly maintain a “thorough and efficient system of common schools throughout the state” and bars any “religious or other sect” from having exclusive control or rights to state school funds.

Data from the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce indicates individual vouchers provide up to $6,166 annually for a K-8 student and up to $8,408 for a high school student for the 2025-26 school year. By comparison, Wilmington City Schools receives roughly $5,300 per pupil in state funding, matching the Ohio Legislative Service Commission’s projected $5,308 per student for 2025.

Heintz used enrollment figures from Wilmington Christian Academy to illustrate the local dynamic, stating that the example was intended to explain funding mechanics rather than criticize the school.

Department of Education and Workforce data presented by Heintz showed Wilmington Christian Academy received nearly $2 million in voucher funding in fiscal year 2025 across 330 of its 334 enrolled students. He added that the academy also receives more than $900 per pupil through Ohio’s Auxiliary Services program, which directs separate state money to chartered nonpublic schools.

Since 2018, the school has received more than $6.8 million in voucher funding and an additional $600,000 in auxiliary services support, paid through state tax revenues, Heintz said.

He noted that enrollment at schools like Wilmington Christian did not surge in proportion to the increase in vouchers following the 2023 universal expansion, suggesting that many vouchers subsidized students already enrolled in private institutions rather than new transfers from public schools.”

It’s hard to argue with the facts and the fact is Vouchers Hurt Ohio, hurt our children, our teachers, our communities and our taxpayers.

Last night, Monday, September 14, Dan appeared before the Pickerington School Board just east of Columbus, and he was well received as he explained how Vouchers Hurt Pickerington.

Thank you Dan!

If you want Dan or another representative of Vouchers Hurt Ohio to appear before your school board, send an email to ohioeanda@sbcglobal.net.

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Sincerely,

Vouchers Hurt Ohio