Ohio's recently-passed state budget created a new education department that some board members say is unconstitutional.
, the plaintiffs said that the new state budget “strips parents, local school districts, and communities of their voices” when it comes to educational matters and instead unjustly “gives that power to the governor.”
Skye Perryman, President & CEO of Democracy Forward, the organization representing the seven plaintiffs in the lawsuit, added that the budget bill is “a prime example of the broader movement by extremist-controlled governors’ mansions and legislatures to deprive communities of meaningful representation.”
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