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Jon Husted: “The EdChoice Scholarship is a statewide voucher program, now…”

Featuring: Jon Husted, Republican | Lieutenant Governor of Ohio

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Jon Husted Discusses Educational Freedom and School Choice with Dr. Schwinn

Published | Video Starts at 01:27

We say we love freedom in this country. Educational freedom should be one that we embrace wholeheartedly. And when I was speaker of the House in Ohio, I created a program in 2005 called The EdChoice Scholarship is a statewide voucher program, now has over 160,000 children enrolled in it at some level. And the Urban Institute recently conducted a study that showed that children who have a voucher in the edChoice scholarship are 32% more likely to enroll in college than those who remained in the same public schools. (01:27–01:34)

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