Non-Network partners: School Choice Ohio Ohio’s biennial budget represents a commitment to both improving and transforming the state’s education system. Fordham Ohio, Ohio Excels, ExcelinEd, School Choice Ohio, AFC, and a host of other partners collaborated to identify, prioritize and advocate for change on behalf of students. Leaders in Ohio were heavily influenced by the broad and influential coalition. This transformational budget includes: •Brings charter school funding closer to parity by increasing the Quality Community Schools Fund, providing $650 per pupil to all charter schools, and investing $175 million for charter school facility improvements. •Invests $160M in early literacy aligned with the science of reading. •Provides $43M for teacher professional development/training. •Provides $18M for literacy coaches. •Bans outdated three-cueing reading instruction and reading programs that are not grounded in the science of reading. •Invests $64M to provide schools with high-quality literacy instructional materials. •Expands the state’s EdChoice Scholarship Program so all students are eligible for some level of voucher scholarship, prioritizing those with the highest need and investing $1B in the program over the next two years. •Invests $28M for CTE programs. Prioritizes postsecondary success with a new division for CTE programs within the newly named Department of Workforce and Development.