3 decades in the making: Ohio House finally funding public schools, also expanding voucher programs

The Ohio House compromised with education advocates: finally fairly funding the state’s public education system after 26 years, but also expanding the private school tuition voucher scholarship.

On Wednesday, the House passed a $95 billion budget, $88 billion of it from the general revenue fund (GRF) and $7 billion of it being one-time GRF, overage money from the current fiscal year.

The budget, House Bill 33, passed 78-19. Seventeen Republicans and two Democrats opposed it.