COLUMBUS—The House Finance Committee has scheduled a hearing for The Backpack Bill (HB 290) on Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at 10:00 am. The first hearing will be testimony from the bill’s sponsors, Rep. Riordan McClain (Upper Sandusky) and Rep. Marilyn John (Shelby). This hearing is one of the first steps in the legislative process to move the bill through committee and towards a vote.

The Backpack Bill is innovative education reform that ensures Ohio funds students, not bureaucracy. It ensures that all Ohio students are eligible for a taxpayer-funded scholarship that goes wherever they go, if they opt into the program.

The sponsors will introduce the substitute bill that includes the detailed language of how the Backpack Scholarship will work.

The Hearing is open to the public in the Statehouse Room 313, and can be viewed on the Ohio Channel. We invite you to join us in Columbus for the hearing!

To learn more about the Backpack Bill, read the sub bill, and help pass it, visit BackpackBill.com.

TAKE ACTION NOW

Encourage your lawmakers to stand up for educational freedom by using the Backpack Bill Action Center to send them a note.

And please be in prayer for this groundbreaking legislation!

For more information, contact CCV at 513-733-5775 or info@ccv.org.

As Ohio’s largest Christian public policy organization, Center for Christian Virtue seeks the good of our neighbors by advocating for public policy that reflects the truth of the Gospel. 

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