ICYMI: Ohio Republicans Funding “Browns Stadium…Tuition at Private Schools,” Over Childcare

ICYMI: Ohio Republicans Funding "Browns Stadium…Tuition at Private Schools," Over Childcare

December 15, 2025

Columbus, Ohio - Republicans have been in charge in Ohio for nearly two decades, and the cost of childcare is out of control. New reporting from the Columbus Dispatch outlines the "woeful" state of childcare in Ohio and how Republicans are doing nothing to fix it while showering the super wealthy with tax giveaways and vouchers for wealthy private schools.

READ: Improving childcare critical for Ohio's parents, employers | Editorial, Columbus Dispatch, 12/14/2025

• Do you have a spare $25,000 to spend every year? For nearly all Ohioans, the answer is surely no, especially if they are younger parents of two children facinginflation in everyday costs and soaring medical insurance premiums.

• But $25,000 is the cost parents in Ohio must pay if they enroll both an infant and 4-year-old child in full-time day care so they can work and provide for themselves. It's a troubling percentage of the take-home wages for anyone with Ohio's median household income of $72,000, per the US Census Bureau's 2024 estimate.

• Ohio has resources it could choose to use for our youngest kids and their parents. […] One might wonder why Republican lawmakers continue to ignore this problem. It's almost as if they believe women always should remain home with their children. Surely that's not the case?

• Ohio's children, parents and businesses need a comprehensive statewide plan to improve access and affordability for childcare.

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