Ohio buckeye state offers families most educational options Ohio is home to five different scholarship programs, making it the most of any state. The Alliance for School Choice works closely with School Choice Ohio to ensure that parents across the state are aware of their educational options, and it works with state leaders to ensure the scholarship programs continue to work for the kids.
Governor John R. Kasich signs the nation’s newest school choice program—the Income-Based Scholarship Program— into law.
As the April showers rolled in, more than 2,000 parents, students, and school leaders joined in echoing their support for choice and to encourage elected officials to support an expanded educational choice program. By June, Gov. John Kasich was putting pen to paper, solidifying the choice expansion and the newest Income Based Scholarship Program. One grade will be added each year through the next 13 years. The expansion will be funded separately from EdChoice (the state’s current educational choice program) and will not count against EdChoice’s 60,000 enrollment cap. Revolutionary changes took place throughout the state as the number of private schools accepting EdChoice students began to increase. Ohio went from 31 participating counties in the EdChoice programs to 62 counties participating in seven months. The year ended on a high note for Ohio, as the number of students using the program jumped to more than 31,000 students statewide.
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