COLUMBUS, Ohio (WSYX) — A Franklin County Judge has ruled Ohio’s EdChoice private school voucher program is unconstitutional, but she also said the payments can continue during the expected appeal.

Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Jaiza Page granted summary judgment in favor of the plaintiffs in three of the five counts in their complaint.

A Franklin County judge ruled Tuesday that Ohio’s Education Choice program is unconstitutional. This is the first ruling in the Vouchers Hurt Ohio lawsuit, a group of dozens of public schools and the Coalition for Adequacy and Equity of School funding,