Guest post by Fordham Ohio Policy and Research Intern, Rachel Roseberry.
Ohio's Supreme Court ruled yesterday that municipal employees cannot be required to live in the municipality in which they are employed.?? This upholds a 2006 state law that eradicated many residency requirements in cities across the Buckeye State. Yet Ohio forces the vast majority of its children into schools based solely on their ZIP codes by making it tough for new charter schools to open and capping the state's voucher program.?? The state legislature continues to battle over the pending biennial budget, with the House pushing for changes that would further hamper school choice here.?? It is worth reminding lawmakers and the state's powerful teacher unions (whose fire and police counterparts are lauding the court ruling) that Ohio's students, especially the neediest among them, deserve the right to attend the school that best meets their educational needs every bit as much as the state's adults deserve the right to live in the locale of their choosing.