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Byline: Scott Elliott
Mar. 16--DAYTON -- About 25,000 more Ohio students would be eligible to pay for private school tuition using tax dollars under a proposed change in the voucher rules.
The proposal, included in a budget corrections bill that is expected to be quickly approved by the legislature, also adds new rules that will make thousands more Dayton children eligible.
Ohio this fall will offer 14,000 vouchers, which allow students in low-performing schools to spend up to $5,000 in tax money on private schools. Under the current rules, only about 19,000 kids statewide can apply for vouchers.
About 45,000 kids would be eligible if the…