The latest front in the battle to protect the God-given parental right to direct the educational upbringing of their children, because “the child is not the mere creature of the state,” affording them genuine choices as to where their offspring attend school is playing out in Ohio.
On October 15, 2026, a unanimous three-judge appellate panel, in https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/10/2026/2026-Ohio-4047.pdf. Click or tap to follow the link." rel="noopener" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(175, 17, 17); text-decoration: none;">Columbus City School District v. State of Ohio, affirmed an order invalidating the state’s Education Choice Scholarship, or EdChoice.
According to the court, the Program violated https://codes.ohio.gov/ohio-constitution/section-6.2. Click or tap to follow the link." rel="noopener" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: 600; font-stretch: inherit; font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size-adjust: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; font-language-override: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; color: rgb(175, 17, 17); text-decoration: none;">article VI, § 2 of Ohio’s constitution mandating the creation of “a thorough and efficient system of common schools throughout the state.” Like the trial judge, though, the appellate panel stayed its order pending review by the Supreme Court of Ohio.
This column begins by briefly highlighting the appellate panel’s rationale for invalidating the EdChoice Program. It then offers analysis and commentary on the significance of Columbus City Schools for parental freedom of educational choice in the ongoing fight to ensure that they can select religious schools as the places where their children can be educated under state programs offering generally available aid.
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