The Spectrum: Ohio's school voucher program; Pride Month in Columbus

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – This week on The Spectrum:

• Ohio’s school voucher system is costing the state more money than ever before, but is it leveling the educational playing field or hurting public schools?

“I have absolutely no doubt that the end game is to basically eviscerate the public school system,” Charlie Wilson, a former education law professor at Ohio State University, said.

“The state has a constitutional responsibility to provide education to our kids, and we just think that parents are in the best position to figure out exactly the right fit,” Rabbi Eric Frank, president of School Choice Ohio, said.

See which schools state data shows that many of the vouchers are going to.

• Celebrating Pride in central Ohio. Hear how Columbus became one of the most LGBTQ+-friendly cities in the country, and how one man’s activism paved the way for future generations.

“We put Columbus on the map,” Steve Shellabarger, an LGBTQ+ activist and Columbus Pride icon, said. “Before then, everyone thought it was only on the East Coast and the West Coast that there was any gay activism.”

• At the roundtable, Republican strategist Mehek Cooke and former Democratic congressional candidate Morgan Harper address the conviction of Hunter Biden and Ohio’s school voucher program.