Voucher

Accountability

Project

Vouchers aren’t free; they’re fraud.

Voucher Accountability Project (VAP) Purpose and Overview

The EdChoice Voucher program and its expansion have devastated public school funding by diverting public dollars from public schools to unaccountable private institutions. Over the past several decades, politicians and their billionaire donors have created a narrative that our public schools are failing and that vouchers offer middle- and lower-income families an opportunity to send their children to private schools. However, we know this is false. Our public schools are not failing; rather, they generally outperform nearby voucher-accepting private schools. Additionally, vouchers are rarely used by middle- and lower-income families; instead, they subsidize tuition for wealthy families who were already sending their children to private schools. 

As the Ohio legislature continues to prioritize public funding for private schools, Ohioans must understand how vouchers directly harm their local communities and the 90% of Ohio students who attend public schools. The Voucher Accountability Project will educate Ohioans about the voucher scam and equip engaged individuals with resources and tools to keep public funds public.

The Voucher Accountability Project, VAP, will exist as standalone social media pages on Meta platforms, TikTok, and as a microsite.

More information on vouchers and our advocacy work can be found here: www.honestyforohioeducation.org/voucher-toolkit

Project Goals:

  1. Alert Ohioans to the implicit unfairness of holding private schools to a lower standard of accountability for public dollars than public schools.

  2. Highlight how this double standard harms all schools—rural, urban, and suburban—in various ways.

  3. Facilitate Ohioans’ meaningful engagement against this threat to Ohio’s most valuable resource—our communities. 

  4. Connect concerned Ohioans to Honesty Teams and people who share their values of fairness and fiscal accountability. 

  5. Keep the evidence of the harm that vouchers do a central point in school board and state elections.