DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Ohio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ohio</span></a> offers a new way to use public money for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristianSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianSchools</span></a>. Opponents say it’s unconstitutional</p><p>By JULIE CARR SMYTH<br>Updated 12:09 AM EST, November 17, 2024</p><p>COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — "Around the country, advocates for Christian education have been finding legal ways to tap <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/taxpayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayer</span></a> money used more typically for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PublicSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicSchools</span></a>. One new approach in Ohio is benefiting schools tied to a burgeoning <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conservative</span></a> political group and facing objections from defenders of the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeparationOfChurchAndState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfChurchAndState</span></a>.</p><p>"In President-elect Donald <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, backers of school choice have gained an ally in their efforts to share taxpayer money with families to pay for things like private school tuition. Trump has cast school choice as a way to counter what he calls leftist indoctrination in public classrooms and is expected to seek a boost for the movement at the federal level.</p><p>"The Ohio case shows how governments can push the envelope to funnel money to private schools.</p><p>"The state has put a small part of its budget surplus toward competitive grants for expanding and renovating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReligiousSchools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ReligiousSchools</span></a>. Most of the winning construction projects are associated with the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CenterForChristianVirtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CenterForChristianVirtue</span></a>, an Ohio-based advocacy group that’s seen its revenues balloon amid the state’s push to expand religious educational options. "</p><p>Read more:<a href="https://apnews.com/article/christian-private-school-choice-ohio-3c49fe1477a678377ede32e5de5f6db3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/christian-p</span><span class="invisible">rivate-school-choice-ohio-3c49fe1477a678377ede32e5de5f6db3</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristoFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristoFascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristianCoalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianCoalition</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ChristianNationalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristianNationalism</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a></p>