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Ohio's tuition vouchers could soon give more money to more middle class, suburban students

Cleveland.com: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio's complicated tuition voucher programs would be combined and expanded to offer more money to more middle class and suburban students under a bill that will be announced next week.

The bill to be proposed by State Sen. Matt Huffman, a Lima Republican, would combine three existing voucher programs - one with strict income requirements, one for students in "failing" schools and one for only Cleveland residents -into a single program.

The new plan would offer state subsidies to families to help pay private school tuition regardless of where in Ohio they live, regardless of the rating of their local public school and with relaxed income restrictions.

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