Ohio’s Educational Choice Scholarship Program has been around statewide since the 2006-2007 academic year. What started as a pilot program available to students in school districts that were deemed poor performers eventually expanded to allow any low-income students to receive a voucher regardless of how their public school fared.
Starting next year, eligible students may take up to $6,000 in taxpayer money and use it to attend private schools – including religious ones. Although the program could cost the state up to $94.6 million, the Columbus Dispatch reported that roughly 40,000 vouchers went unused last year. (Gee, maybe most Ohio parents don’t actually want vouchers for their kids?)
Given that the program has been around for over a decade and has grown significantly, one might think it is a success. It’s not.
https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/ohio-woes-private-school-voucher-program-shows-no-signs-of-academic
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