DeRolph, 26 years later

<p><em>On March 24, 1997, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled 4-3 in the </em>DeRolph v. State<em> case that Ohio's school funding system was unconstitutional and the Ohio legislature must fix it. It has now been 26 years since that decision came down, meaning two entire 13 year education cycles of kids entering kindergarten through graduating high school have gone through Ohio's public schools without lawmakers making things right. Dan Heintz, a teacher in Chardon who serves on the Cleveland Heights-University Heights school board explains why ongoing voucher expansion schemes cannot coexist with a constitutional public school funding system in our state. </em></p><p><strong>READ THE OP-ED | </strong><a href="https://www.dispatch.com/story/opinion/columns/guest/2023/03/24/what-has-happened-since-ohios-supreme-court-declared-school-funding-unconstitutional-school-vouchers/70042749007/"><strong>Click here</strong></a> to see Dan Heintz' piece in the <em>Columbus Dispatch</em>, "Teacher: Today marks 26th year of lawmakers being 'willfully negligent' of Ohio kids"</p><p><strong>Featured Education Matters guest: </strong></p><ul><li>Dan Heintz, Chardon Education Association member<ul><li>Dan Heintz teaches at Chardon High School. He was elected to serve on the Cleveland Heights - University Heights Board of Education in November, 2017. Overcoming a slate of far right culture warriors, he was re-elected in 2021. In his spare time, he serves on the steering committee for the Vouchers Hurt Ohio lawsuit.   </li></ul> </li></ul><p><strong>SUBSCRIBE | </strong><a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/education-matters/id1549004446?itsct=podcast_box&amp;itscg=30200">Click here</a> to subscribe to <em>Education Matters</em> on Apple Podcasts or <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL2VkdWNhdGlvbi1tYXR0ZXJz">click here </a>to subscribe on Google podcasts so you don't miss a thing. And don't forget you can listen to all of the previous episodes anytime on your favorite podcast pl