Representative Bob Cupp visited LCC on Friday amid an ongoing battle over Ohio's school voucher program. Ohio lawmakers cannot agree on a compromise to fix or replace the EdChoice Scholarship program, the state's current school voucher system. A bill proposed by Ohio Speaker Larry Householder would create a system that is solely income-based, while the Ohio Senate is pushing to make some revisions to the current system that takes into account the performance grade the school district gets as well as income. Local state representative Bob Cupp says the process is ongoing.

Days after rejecting an Ohio Senate bill that would reduce the number of schools that would be eligible for EdChoice vouchers, the Ohio House passes a bill that would take the schools' performance out of the equation altogether. The bill would be based only on the family income of the student's families. The proposed Buckeye Opportunity Scholarships would allow students to attend a different school if their family's total income is 250% of the federal poverty level. That would mean a family of four making less than $65,000 a year. The current system uses the state's report card to designate schools as poor performing, but that could go away if the house bill moves forward.

Superintendents from Allen County's public schools met on Thursday to speak out on the latest school voucher expansion.