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We are pleased to arrange interviews with school choice experts, comment on educational issues, and provide data on school choice programs in Ohio.
School Choice Ohio can also assist reporters in setting up familiarization tours of participating choice schools so that reporters can gain a firsthand understanding of the benefits of school choice in various communities.
February 1, 2012
Parents of children who attend the state's lowest performing public schools can begin applying today for an EdChoice scholarship to send their children to the school of their choice using state-funded school vouchers. Approximately 100,000 students are eligible to apply for the EdChoice Scholarship Program for the 2012-13 school year.
February 1, 2012
Parents of children who live in the Cleveland Metropolitan School District or who attend the state’s lowest performing public schools in neighboring districts can begin applying today to send their children to the school of their choice using state-funded school vouchers.
January 23, 2012
Kicking-off School Choice Week, SCO Touts Successes and Announces Legislative Agenda in Annual Report
December 12, 2011
School Choice Ohio, Ohio's only organization promoting the protection and expansion of school choice throughout the state, applauds Representative Matt Huffman's (R-Lima) work on House Bill 136 to expand eligibility for school choice in Ohio.
November 16, 2011
School Choice Ohio today announced that Executive Director Chad Aldis will be stepping down from his position with the organization to begin a new role with a national education reform organization.
November 2, 2011
Families, elected officials, and school choice advocates gathered last night to celebrate the creation of Ohio’s new Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program at an event hosted by School Choice Ohio. Senator Kevin Bacon and Delaware County Treasurer Jon Peterson were honored by the organization with awards during the event.
October 26, 2011
Ohio's recent steps toward greater educational choice pave the way for astonishing academic achievement gains along the lines of those achieved in Florida, according to a new study released today by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice and School Choice Ohio.
October 17, 2011
More than 100,000 students who attend 226 school buildings in 29 districts located across the state are eligible to apply for an EdChoice scholarship for the 2012-2013 school year, according to the new list released by the Ohio Department of Education.
September 21, 2011
Ohio House Bill 136 passed out of the House Education Committee today by a 12-10 vote. The bill would create the Parental Choice and Taxpayer Savings (PACT) Scholarship Program, a statewide income-based school voucher program for low and middle income families.
August 16, 2011
Thanks to a recent expansion to the EdChoice Scholarship Program, an additional 1,681 students took advantage of a summer application window to apply for an EdChoice scholarship for the upcoming school year. These additional students pushed the total number of new applicants to the program this year to more than 5,000 for the first time in four years.
July 29, 2011
Ohioans will gather at events across the state today to honor Dr. Milton Friedman, the father of school choice, as part of a national day of recognition for the Nobel Laureate, his work, theories, and contributions. This day of celebration is especially significant in Ohio with the recent expansions made to school voucher programs in the state budget.
June 30, 2011
Governor Kasich finalized many momentous changes and expansions to Ohio's school choice programs today as he signed the state budget bill into law. The budget creates Ohio's fourth school voucher program, which will provide K-12 scholarships for students with special needs, and expands two of the state's existing voucher programs.
May 31, 2011
The Ohio Senate's budget proposal released today includes language that creates a special education scholarship program, which would give parents of children with special needs the opportunity to choose the educational provider that best fits their child's learning needs.
April 18, 2011
For the second year in a row, more students have applied for the Educational Choice Scholarship (EdChoice) Program than can receive vouchers.
The application period for the 2011-2012 school year is now closed, and the Ohio Department of Education reported that parents of 15,397 students applied for their children to receive a school voucher. Of the applicants, 11,941 are renewals and 3,456 are new applicants. State policy currently allows for 14,000 students to receive vouchers.
April 14, 2011
Senate Bill 88 passed the Ohio Senate Ways and Means and Economic Development Committee by a bipartisan 6-2 vote this morning. The bill would create a dollar-for-dollar tax credit for individuals and businesses that donate to non-profit scholarship organizations that provide scholarships for students to attend private schools.
April 12, 2011
April is Autism Awareness Month, and Ohio's Autism Scholarship Program has become a vital tool for families with a child who has been diagnosed with the disorder. The program allows parents who are not satisfied in their child's traditional educational setting to gain access to private educational options.
February 16, 2011
State Rep. Matt Huffman (R – Lima) held a press conference today where he announced his intention to reform and expand the state's school choice programs.
Rep. Huffman's proposal would combine the Cleveland and EdChoice Scholarship into a new statewide scholarship. Under Huffman's plan, current scholarship students would continue to be eligible and current scholarship caps would be eliminated.
January 31, 2011
Beginning Tuesday, February 1, parents of children who attend chronically low-performing Ohio public schools can apply to send their children to private schools using state-funded school vouchers. According to School Choice Ohio, more than 84,000 children are eligible for the Educational Choice (EdChoice) Scholarship Program for 2011-12, but only 14,000 children can be accepted because of a state-mandated cap on program enrollment.
January 26, 2011
Now is "primetime" for high school students who want to earn college credit for free during their high school career. The application window is open now and closes for some programs as early as March 31.
Today, KidsOhio and School Choice Ohio jointly released a guide for parents and students, Get a Jumpstart on College & Your Career: High School Classes Can Count for College, Without Costing You a Dime.
December 15, 2010
A bill, HB 610, introduced today in the Ohio House by Rep. Kris Jordan, R-Powell, to create a tax credit program for education scholarships in Ohio would greatly assist needy students across the state while also making it easier for businesses, community organizations, and individual taxpayers to support education in their community, said Chad Aldis, executive director of School Choice Ohio.
September 20, 2010
The Ohio Department of Education released the new list of public schools whose students are eligible for the EdChoice Scholarship. This year's list, comprised of schools that have been in academic watch or academic emergency for two of the past three years, contains 202 school buildings. All students who attend or will be assigned to attend these schools in the 2011-2012 academic year are eligible to apply in February 2011 for the EdChoice Scholarship to enroll in a private school.
August 10, 2010
This fall more than 1,700 Toledo students are set to attend one of 23 Toledo area private schools with financial help from an EdChoice voucher. Thanks to the vision of former State Representative Dixie Allen, at the time a Democrat, and the leadership of former House Speaker Jon Husted, these Toledo students are among 14,000 students in Ohio who will use an EdChoice voucher this year to attend the private school of their choice.
July 12, 2010
The Ohio State Board of Education today welcomed Chad Aldis, Executive Director of School Choice Ohio (www.scohio.org), to its monthly general assembly meeting to provide an overview of school choice options and their utilization in Ohio. During the past year, the State School Board has called a number of education stakeholder organizations to address its members and to identify key educational issues and legislative priorities.
June 24, 2010
The United States Department of Education yesterday released a new study of the Washington DC Opportunity Scholarship (OSP) voucher program. The evaluation was conducted by the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance and reports present objective information on the conditions of implementation and impacts of the program. The Washington Post today ran an editorial citing the study's findings and calling for Education Secretary Arne Duncan to reactivate the program, which has been closed to new enrollment since last year.
April 19, 2010
More Ohio families want school vouchers than state policy will currently allow, according to applications received by the Ohio Department of Education.
For the first time, the popular Educational Choice (EdChoice) Scholarship Program—which provides children in chronically underperforming public schools with the opportunity to receive vouchers to attend private schools—has reached its state-imposed cap of 14,000 students.
March 16, 2010
More than 88,000 children across Ohio are eligible for a private school voucher, and the application deadline for next school year is in less than a month. The voucher – called the Educational Choice Scholarship – allows students who attend an underperforming public school to attend a private school with a state-funded scholarship.
February 1, 2010
More than 88,000 children in 205 underperforming public schools across Ohio are eligible to receive school vouchers to attend private schools next year—and, beginning today, parents can apply to receive the vouchers.
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