Around the country, advocates for Christian education have been finding ways to tap taxpayer money used more typically for public schools. The practice could expand, as backers of school choice have an ally in President-elect Donald Trump. One new approach that has emerged in Ohio has defenders of the separation of church and state crying foul.
The Ohio Statehouse is reflected in a window of The Center for Christian Virtue in downtown Columbus, Ohio , on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. The Center for Christian Virtue sits in the shadow of the Rhodes State Office Tower in downtown Columbus, Ohio , on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. The Ohio Statehouse, which sits across the street, is reflected in the building’s facade. The Ohio Statehouse is reflected in a window of The Center for Christian Virtue in downtown Columbus, Ohio , on Monday, Nov. 11, 2024.
The CCV and its education policy arm, Ohio Christian Education Network, advocated for several years for Ohio’s primary voucher program, EdChoice, to apply to religious schools. A total of $4.9 million from the $717 million One-Time Strategic Community Investment Fund went to religious school construction grants. Those include one new school campus, the retrofit of an old building into a new school, a cafeteria expansion, and dozens of new classrooms, according to grant applications obtained by The Associated Press through a public records request.
“We think SGOs will be great for the students of Ohio and would like to be instrumental in whatever way we can,” she emailed a member of Republican Attorney General Dave Yost’s staff in July 2021. In 2021, the group purchased a $1.25 million building on Columbus’ Capitol Square, within sight of the Ohio Statehouse.
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