Ohio spent nearly $970 million on private school vouchers last year

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – Ohio spent just under $970 million on private school voucher payments last year, according to data from the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce.

Among its five private school scholarships, the state spent $962,022,783.24 sending more than 150,000 students to private schools. More than 88,000 of them were under the EdChoice-Expansion scholarship program, which has no income requirements for Ohioans to qualify. 

Ohio offers five state-sponsored scholarships...