Ohio

From The Mansfield News Journal: MANSFIELD — The newly-signed state budget has more than doubled the number of state-funded scholarships available for students in low-performing public schools to attend private schools. Echoing Gov. John Kasich’s desire to expand school choice, … Continued

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From The Cleveland Plain-Dealer: CLEVELAND, Ohio — Mayor Frank Jackson says he’s likely to push to convert some Cleveland district schools to charters, exempting them from union rules that govern teacher layoffs and other matters, if he decides that would … Continued

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From The Tribune Chronicle: Although they may have missed the deadline the first time around, parents interested in enrolling their school-aged children in the Ohio Educational Choice Scholarship program are getting another chance. The program reopened Friday for a second … Continued

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From School Choice Ohio: New school voucher program created, expansions made to two existing programs COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 30, 2011 – Governor Kasich finalized many momentous changes and expansions toOhio’s school choice programs today as he signed the state budget bill into … Continued

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From Chad Aldis writing in LimaOhio.com: Thomas Jefferson wrote his most famous words in the Declaration of Independence, that all men are “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of … Continued

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From School Choice Ohio: Today the Senate proposed a further improvement to the Cleveland school voucher program: the elimination of the current required parent co-pay. Until now, parents have had to pay 10% or 25% of the $3,450 scholarship amount … Continued

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