Backpack Bill would empower parents to make schooling decisions for children

Read the guest column on Cleveland.com from OCEN Executive Director Troy McIntosh that identifies reasons and research on why a record number of parents are supporting legislation like the Backpack Bill. The editorial illuminates the compelling cultural and political reasons for the Backpack Bill.

“A huge segment of the parent population is feeling left out of their child’s education, stuck with no option but to send their child to a school whose educational philosophies are often diametrically opposed to their own deeply held beliefs . . .

"This is just one reason why a record number of parents in the United States now support a school freedom model in which the state’s educational funding follows the student to whatever schooling option the student’s family chooses, whether that be public school, private school, or home school.”

You can support CCV’s efforts to pass the Backpack Bill by hosting a Backpack Bill Party where you educate your friends and contact your legislators about the importance of this issue and the impact it will have on our families and children.

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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