The state of Ohio is giving taxpayer money to private, religious schools to help them build new buildings and expand their campuses, which is nearly unprecedented in modern U.S. history.
A school voucher lawsuit currently in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas will likely make its way before the Ohio Supreme Court eventually — meaning whichever candidates are elected to the state’s high court this fall could end up ruling on this pivotal school funding case.
A recent back-and-forth in a lawsuit against Ohio’s voucher system spotlights the main arguments: who benefits from the private school voucher program, whether it takes away from public school funding and if school re-segregation is a factor.