AJ Harris
@ajharrisoh.bsky.social
Dad, Husband, Disability Advocate, Cuyahoga Falls School Board Member, & Former State Rep Candidate for Ohio HD-31.
If the Cleveland Browns were a public school their report card would be garbage and Republicans would be arguing whether they deserve funding at all.
Ohio House budget proposal includes $600 million in bonds for Browns Brook Park dome
Republican leaders of the Ohio House announced their proposed state budget and within it a provision for $600 million in bonds to be issued for the Browns proposed $3.4 billion indoor stadium and mixe...
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April 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
If the Cleveland Browns were a public school their report card would be garbage and Republicans would be arguing whether they deserve funding at all.
Ohio’s schools need at least $666M to be fully funded—closer to $800M with inflation. But the GOP’s budget only gives $226M and calls it a win. It’s not. 90% of Ohio’s kids will feel the squeeze while local communities are stuck paying the price. Our kids deserve better.
Ohio House Republicans have announced their version of the state budget, dramatically slashing K-12 public school funding after months of uncertainty. The Fair School Funding Plan calls for a $666 million increase, but they propose only about $226 million.
Ohio House GOP budget proposal slashes public school funding • Ohio Capital Journal
Ohio House Republicans have announced their version of the state budget, dramatically slashing K-12 public school funding after months of uncertainty. The Fair School Funding Plan calls for a $666…
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April 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Ohio’s schools need at least $666M to be fully funded—closer to $800M with inflation. But the GOP’s budget only gives $226M and calls it a win. It’s not. 90% of Ohio’s kids will feel the squeeze while local communities are stuck paying the price. Our kids deserve better.
Diversity isn’t the threat — this racist bullshit is. I'm tired of lawmakers using students and teachers as pawns in their idiotic culture wars. S.B. 113 would ban DEI in public schools to protect...who exactly? Maybe Ohio Republicans should try fixing underfunded schools instead. Just a thought.
A new bill proposed by an Ohio Republican lawmaker would ban diversity and inclusion efforts in Ohio K-12 public schools
Ohio Republican state senator wants to ban diversity and inclusion efforts in public schools • Ohio Capital Journal
A new bill proposed by an Ohio Republican lawmaker would ban diversity and inclusion efforts in Ohio K-12 public schools.
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February 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Diversity isn’t the threat — this racist bullshit is. I'm tired of lawmakers using students and teachers as pawns in their idiotic culture wars. S.B. 113 would ban DEI in public schools to protect...who exactly? Maybe Ohio Republicans should try fixing underfunded schools instead. Just a thought.
It’s no wonder students and families want out of a state that values culture wars over their future. The Higher Ed Destruction Act is a Republican attack on Ohioans—trading our future for cheap political points. Call your reps.
Find Your Ohio House Representative Here: ohiohouse.gov/members/dist...
Find Your Ohio House Representative Here: ohiohouse.gov/members/dist...
Where 16-year-old Michelle Huang goes to college hinges largely on what happens with a massive, controversial higher education bill that the Ohio Senate recently passed. In testimony, many students said they would leave the state if the overhaul becomes law in Ohio.
Students say they will leave Ohio if lawmakers go forward with massive higher education overhaul • Ohio Capital Journal
Where 16-year-old Michelle Huang goes to college hinges largely on what happens with a massive, controversial higher education bill that the Ohio Senate recently passed. In testimony, many students…
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February 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
It’s no wonder students and families want out of a state that values culture wars over their future. The Higher Ed Destruction Act is a Republican attack on Ohioans—trading our future for cheap political points. Call your reps.
Find Your Ohio House Representative Here: ohiohouse.gov/members/dist...
Find Your Ohio House Representative Here: ohiohouse.gov/members/dist...
Let’s call this what it is: fucking cruel.
Cutting $3B from school meals means 280,000 kids in Ohio will go hungry. That’s 280,000 futures put at risk. Children who’ll sit in class with empty stomachs, already struggling to keep up.
This isn't policy. It's an attack on kids.
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Cutting $3B from school meals means 280,000 kids in Ohio will go hungry. That’s 280,000 futures put at risk. Children who’ll sit in class with empty stomachs, already struggling to keep up.
This isn't policy. It's an attack on kids.
tinyurl.com/yftv3acp
More than 280,000 Ohio kids would be impacted by proposed national school meal program cuts • Ohio Capital Journal
A budget proposal being discussed in the Republican-led U.S. House Ways and Means Committee would chop $3 billion from school breakfast and lunch programs and impact more than 280,000 students in Ohio...
ohiocapitaljournal.com
January 28, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Let’s call this what it is: fucking cruel.
Cutting $3B from school meals means 280,000 kids in Ohio will go hungry. That’s 280,000 futures put at risk. Children who’ll sit in class with empty stomachs, already struggling to keep up.
This isn't policy. It's an attack on kids.
tinyurl.com/yftv3acp
Cutting $3B from school meals means 280,000 kids in Ohio will go hungry. That’s 280,000 futures put at risk. Children who’ll sit in class with empty stomachs, already struggling to keep up.
This isn't policy. It's an attack on kids.
tinyurl.com/yftv3acp
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We Must Be Better
A Father’s Plea for a Return to Civility and Common Sense
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January 25, 2025 at 2:19 AM
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Speaker Huffman appointed Rep. Sarah Fowler Arthur—a homeschooled, non-college grad—to chair the House Ed Committee. Remember her? She’s the one who thinks the Holocaust should be taught from the Nazis' perspective. An “uninformed” person and “inappropriate” choice.
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'Uninformed' and 'inappropriate': Ohio Speaker criticizes lawmaker's Holocaust comment
House Speaker Bob Cupp called his fellow Republican's remarks uniformed and inappropriate.
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January 19, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Speaker Huffman appointed Rep. Sarah Fowler Arthur—a homeschooled, non-college grad—to chair the House Ed Committee. Remember her? She’s the one who thinks the Holocaust should be taught from the Nazis' perspective. An “uninformed” person and “inappropriate” choice.
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Doubling down. Smh
“The speaker wants to slash at least $650 million in public education spending in this General Assembly's budget.”
Pathetic leadership and a travesty for Ohio’s public school students & teachers.
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“The speaker wants to slash at least $650 million in public education spending in this General Assembly's budget.”
Pathetic leadership and a travesty for Ohio’s public school students & teachers.
www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic...
Ohio GOP continues with plan to slash public school budget, denounces current funding as 'fantasy'
Ohio Republican leadership is doubling down on their threat to cut public school spending, calling the continuation of the current funding plan a "fantasy."
www.news5cleveland.com
January 15, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Doubling down. Smh
“The speaker wants to slash at least $650 million in public education spending in this General Assembly's budget.”
Pathetic leadership and a travesty for Ohio’s public school students & teachers.
www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic...
“The speaker wants to slash at least $650 million in public education spending in this General Assembly's budget.”
Pathetic leadership and a travesty for Ohio’s public school students & teachers.
www.news5cleveland.com/news/politic...
This backlash isn’t just warranted—it’s a call for accountability. Matt Huffman wants to defund public education. Instead of supporting the 90% of Ohio’s children in public schools, he's funneling $1B taxpayer dollars into private/religious schools with no accountability.
Let’s keep on them!
Let’s keep on them!
Following our reporting on a proposal by Republican leadership in Ohio to cut public school spending, which resulted in the lawmakers facing backlash, half a dozen GOP legislators personally reached out, vowing to protect K-12 education.
After backlash, Ohio GOP split over cutting public school funding • Ohio Capital Journal
Following our reporting on a proposal by Republican leadership in Ohio to cut public school spending, which resulted in the lawmakers facing backlash, half a dozen GOP legislators personally reached…
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January 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This backlash isn’t just warranted—it’s a call for accountability. Matt Huffman wants to defund public education. Instead of supporting the 90% of Ohio’s children in public schools, he's funneling $1B taxpayer dollars into private/religious schools with no accountability.
Let’s keep on them!
Let’s keep on them!
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NEW: Arizona does not vet new voucher schools. Not even if the school or the online school “provider” has already failed, or was founded yesterday, or is operating out of a strip mall, or offers just a half hour of instruction per morning.
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Arizona Regulators Closed a Failing Charter School. It Reopened as a Private Religious School Funded by Taxpayers.
Arizona’s acclaimed voucher program provides zero transparency into private schools’ history, academic performance or financial sustainability to help parents make informed school choices.
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December 31, 2024 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Arizona does not vet new voucher schools. Not even if the school or the online school “provider” has already failed, or was founded yesterday, or is operating out of a strip mall, or offers just a half hour of instruction per morning.
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We’ve lost a man who truly embodied the best of America. President Carter’s life was a testament to service, compassion, & faith. He showed us that leadership is about lifting others & making the world better for everyone. We need more leaders like him, & I’m grateful for the example he set.
December 30, 2024 at 5:48 PM
We’ve lost a man who truly embodied the best of America. President Carter’s life was a testament to service, compassion, & faith. He showed us that leadership is about lifting others & making the world better for everyone. We need more leaders like him, & I’m grateful for the example he set.
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Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs.
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Infant Mortality Increases Across US Following Dobbs Decision
The Dobbs decision was associated with a 7% absolute increase in overall infant mortality—equivalent to 247 excess deaths—and a 10% increase among infants with congenital anomalies, corresponding to 2...
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December 17, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Me, a public health person, just sitting over here reflecting on the fact that the US has experienced a 7% increase in infant mortality post-Dobbs.
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Like, do you realize what that says about this society from an ethical perspective? That we made policy choices that caused this?
#PHEthx
Private schools keep $1 BILLION of taxpayer money with ZERO accountability. No reporting on where that cash goes, no testing to see if kids are actually learning. This is a win for private school lobbyists and a slap in the face to every Ohioan paying the bill!
www.cleveland.com/news/2024/11...
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Ohio House panel guts bill requiring private schools to show voucher spending, give same standardized tests as public schools
An Ohio House committee amended a bill that, when originally introduced, would have required more transparency for private schools that accept taxpayer-funded scholarships.
www.cleveland.com
November 23, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Private schools keep $1 BILLION of taxpayer money with ZERO accountability. No reporting on where that cash goes, no testing to see if kids are actually learning. This is a win for private school lobbyists and a slap in the face to every Ohioan paying the bill!
www.cleveland.com/news/2024/11...
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Ohio's Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, goes all-in on axing the U.S. Dept. of Education. Closing it would rip away $18 billion per year from high-poverty schools, $15 billion from special education, $28 billion from Pell Grants to help high-performing kids in poverty go to college.
November 20, 2024 at 2:38 PM
Ohio's Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, goes all-in on axing the U.S. Dept. of Education. Closing it would rip away $18 billion per year from high-poverty schools, $15 billion from special education, $28 billion from Pell Grants to help high-performing kids in poverty go to college.
In Ohio, 13.4% of people live in poverty, and 17.7% of our children do too. We rank 44th in health, property taxes have risen 23%, and rent is at an all-time high, while wages haven’t kept up. Too many are working two or three jobs just to get by.
But these are the priorities of the Ohio GOP.
But these are the priorities of the Ohio GOP.
Real important stuff going on in Ohio… columbusunderground.com/ohio-gop-wan...
Ohio GOP Wants to Make Pronouns Illegal on College Applications - Columbus Underground
Republican lawmakers introduced a pair of higher education related bills as lame duck begins, including one to ban college applications from asking preferred pronouns.
columbusunderground.com
November 16, 2024 at 5:24 PM
In Ohio, 13.4% of people live in poverty, and 17.7% of our children do too. We rank 44th in health, property taxes have risen 23%, and rent is at an all-time high, while wages haven’t kept up. Too many are working two or three jobs just to get by.
But these are the priorities of the Ohio GOP.
But these are the priorities of the Ohio GOP.
Again, Ohio Republicans are targeting vulnerable communities with harmful, divisive policies. This isn’t about protecting anyone - it’s about politicizing people’s lives for the sake of division. Plain & simple.
Ohio's legislature begins its annual assault on academe by criminalizing using the bathroom that conforms to one's identity and prohibiting universities from designating gender neutral facilities. Will dress codes be next? www.daytondailynews.com/local/ohio-l...
Ohio legislature restricts transgender bathroom use in schools, universities
Ohio is just one step away from enacting a transgender bathroom restriction in schools after the Ohio Senate voted 24-7 on Wednesday to pass a bill that bars transgender students from using K-12 schoo...
www.daytondailynews.com
November 14, 2024 at 2:55 PM
Again, Ohio Republicans are targeting vulnerable communities with harmful, divisive policies. This isn’t about protecting anyone - it’s about politicizing people’s lives for the sake of division. Plain & simple.