EdChoice

Nearly a year after legislators made school vouchers available to all Ohio families, the program's use still lags in rural Ohio. Advocates are pushing to increase school choice in small towns.

State data shows thousands of Franklin County students took EdChoice vouchers this school year, but enrollment in public school districts also grew.

Ohio's Legislative Services Commission estimated the state would spend about $397 million on the private school vouchers in this fiscal year. The state actually spent over $412 million.

The Center for Christian Virtue is opening the first of what it hopes to be many schools inside church buildings.

More than 100 school districts along with 20 different education and community groups have weighed-in on the lawsuit against Ohio’s EdChoice voucher program.

Current and former elected officials are debating the origins of the EdChoice voucher program which is now the subject of a lawsuit.

Lt. Gov. Jon Husted said the EdChoice voucher program began as a way to help students in struggling school districts and he says it's still effective today.

Five public school districts are listed as plaintiffs in the lawsuit challenging Ohio's EdChoice voucher program.

The legislation, known as the "backpack bill," allows universal vouchers for all students, regardless of family income.

Ohio will scrap the state’s A-F grades for school districts and replace them with star ratings in five categories. However it won’t affect the state’s largest taxpayer-funded voucher program.