For 2023, we have the IMF and CNN in a contest for the year’s most economically illiterate tweet and we have a strange entry for the year’s most half-right tweet.
Today, let’s enjoy what will probably be the year’s most heartwarming tweet.
This is great news for the children of the Buckeye State.
Anna Staver of the Columbus Dispatch has a report on what happened.
Ohio lawmakers reached a deal on the state budget Friday… The deal included significant income tax cuts for people and businesses, universal vouchers for Ohio K-12 students… “I’m very happy about the way the school choice and universal voucher happened,” Senate President Matt Huffman, R-Lima, said. …All Ohio school children will be eligible for a school voucher, but how much those EdChoice scholarships are worth will depend on family income. Children whose families earn up 450% of federal poverty will be able to get a full EdChoice scholarship to help them cover the cost of attending private schools. Students whose families earn more will be able to get smaller scholarships.
The great news for children is also terrible news for the bosses of teacher unions. Which makes this a double victory for kids since teacher unions operate for the benefit of bureaucrats.
P.S. I’m a bit confused by Corey’s list of school choice states. I’ve written about what’s happened in West Virginia, Arizona, Iowa, Utah, Arkansas, Florida, and Oklahoma. But I wonder why he doesn’t include Indiana. Everything will become clear, I imagine, when this map is updated.
P.P.S. The Ohio budget also lowers tax rates, so I also look forward to an updated version of this map.
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