Voucher
Accountability
Project
Vouchers aren’t free; they’re fraud.
Calling Student Artists
Honesty is launching the Voucher Accountability Project in late March of 2026. Right now, Ohio’s universal voucher program is robbing public funds from our public schools, which serve 1.6 million students across the state. Who’s leading the charge? Lawmakers and their billionaire donors. We’ve seen how universal vouchers have devastated public ed in other states. It can happen here too, and that’s where the Voucher Accountability Project comes into play.
Students are the heart of our public schools! Help us build the brand.
We are looking for a student artist (college/university level) to create a logo and digital sticker pack for this project. Compensation is $1,500.
The deadline to submit your portfolio is February 24th!
Please send your portfolio to mbliss@honestyforohioeducation.org
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:
Alert Ohioans to the implicit unfairness of holding private schools to a lower standard of accountability for public dollars than public schools.
Highlight how this double standard harms all schools—rural, urban, and suburban—in various ways.
Facilitate Ohioans’ meaningful engagement against this threat to Ohio’s most valuable resource—our communities.
Connect concerned Ohioans to Honesty Teams and people who share their values of fairness and fiscal accountability.
Keep the evidence of the harm that vouchers do a central point in school board and state elections.
Branding Guide
Colors
#ffbe2c
#be0f34
#000000
Fonts
Bernoru (primary)
Open Sans (secondary)
These fonts are available on Canva. Please contact us if you run into issues utilizing these fonts: mbliss@honestyforohioeducation.org.
Join us to build Strong Ohio Schools!
Strong Ohio Schools is a long-term vision for the future of public education in Ohio. In building this vision, we must determine what Ohioans across the board believe is important for public schools. It’s the foundation for future conversations and a roadmap for bringing policymakers, educators, parents, students, and community members back to what we have in common. It’s a nonpartisan initiative that prioritizes children and our collective future as Ohioans.
This vision is about public schools not as they are, not as they have been, but as they can be.