Public ed coalition plans lawsuit to try to kill EdChoice vouchers

[TexasTowelie]

The education coalition behind the case that successfully argued Ohio’s public school system was unconstitutional says they’ll head back to the courts to eliminate the EdChoice private school voucher system.

Bill Phillis, executive director for the Ohio Coalition for Equity & Adequacy of School Funding, said the approval of the fair school funding plan, even in it’s two-year abbreviated form, “provides at least a hint of the promise that we are moving in the right direction.”

But the continuance and expansion of the EdChoice vouchers leaves education in the state as an unconstitutional, inaccessible system, causing the need for a new lawsuit, he said.

“I want Ohioans to know and internalize that the state legislature is responsible for a thorough and efficient system of common schools throughout the state,” Phillis said in a press call on Monday.

Read more: https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2021/08/03/public-ed-coalition-plans-lawsuit-to-try-to-kill-edchoice-vouchers/

[murielm99]

1. It is a long-held goal of the right to eliminate public education.

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2. Parents have always felt the education system didn't provide enough for their kids.

And for these folks, the logical answer was to introduce a profit motive to education. Because taking 30% off the top and underpaying teachers will certainly improve outcomes.

Another reason why we can't have nice things.