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Tuesday, September 24th, 2024

In an Unprecedented Move, Ohio Is Funding the Construction of Private Religious Schools

Author:     Eli Hager
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Publication Date:     Sept. 17, 2024 | 5 a.m. EDT
 Link: In an Unprecedented Move, Ohio Is Funding the Construction of Private Religious Schools
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For nearly 10 years the Republican Party has been trying to dismantle public education in the United States, and turn education into a private profit making activity, where children are indoctrinated and converted religiously. Americans are already the least literate and numerate population in the developed world and that is one of the intentions of the christofascists. All of this is designed to destroy the middle-class and turn the American population into ignorant peasants easily manipulated through their fear and anxieties. It is all happening right out in the open and almost no one in the corporate media and only a few real journalists, like ProPublica, seem to understand what is going on.

Families and students tour a new building on the campus of Temple Christian School in Lima, Ohio, in August. The expansion will accommodate increased enrollment thanks to families using vouchers. 
Credit: Mackenzi Klemann / The Lima (Ohio) News

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.

While many states have recently enacted sweeping school voucher programs that give parents taxpayer money to spend on private school tuition for their kids, Ohio has cut out the middleman. Under a bill passed by its Legislature this summer, the state is now providing millions of dollars in grants directly to religious schools, most of them Catholic, to renovate buildings, build classrooms, improve playgrounds and more.

The goal in providing the grants, according to the measure’s chief architect, Matt Huffman, is to increase the capacity of private schools in part so that they can sooner absorb more voucher students.

“The capacity issue is the next big issue on the horizon” for voucher efforts, Huffman, the Ohio Senate president and […]

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2 Comments

  1. Terri Quint on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 10:54 am

    Does anybody care about the Constitution any more or even know what’s in it? It is unconstitutional to have a public government pay for a religious school. Remember separation of church and state? It was always a very good idea and here goes a state violating the Constitution, but, then again, how many times did Trump violate the Constitution?—-both emoluments clauses and an insurrection!!!!

    Hopefully, smart attorneys will go to court to prevent public funds being used for a particular religion.

  2. Laura on Tuesday, September 24, 2024 at 7:01 pm

    Sadly, some students are poorly served by the public schools.

    Denying use of vouchers in a religious school violates the First Amendment and does not violate the Establishment Clause. Espinoza v. Montana.

    Voters strongly prefer relief from a woke tainted education. What a lovely freedom to organize in community groups to create to educational opportunities.