Lawsuit Filed Against State Over Recent Changes To EdChoice Program

A suit has been filed in the Ohio Supreme Court by families who are affected by the legislature’s recently imposed 60-day moratorium on vouchers for the state’s EdChoice private school program.

The President of Citizens for Community Values, Aaron Baer, said he represents parents and private schools harmed by pushing the EdChoice application window from Feb. 1 to April 1.

The newly passed law is also unenforceable because it lacks an emergency clause that would allow it take effect right away, Baer said.

“The manner in which they addressed this is unconstitutional.  And what they did, in particular, is hurting a lot of families and it should not have come to this," he said.

The changes are tough for families who had planned to participate in the program, Baer said.

“These families and these schools do not have multi-million dollar taxpayer funded budgets. They are living check to check, year by year, month by month,” he said.

The House and Senate passed the 60 day freeze on applications for EdChoice after both chambers had a disagreement over how to proceed with legislation to change the program.

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