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LEGISLATION Alabama HB 559 was introduced and referred to Ways and Means and Education Policy committees. If passed, the bill would allow a taxpayer to claim a tax credit of up to 75 percent of the tax liability of the of the taxpayer, not to exceed $75,000 per taxpayer or a cumulative amount of $30 […]
We knew parents liked learning pods. It turns out teachers might be even more excited. When schools shut their doors in response to COVID-19, some parents worried their kids were not learning well through online instruction. Others feared a lack of social or emotional development. Among parents who transitioned to working from home, some felt […]
In March 2020, schools across the country suddenly shut their doors in response to the rapidly developing COVID-19 pandemic. One year later, COVID-19 safety measures have been crafted and revised, vaccine distribution has accelerated, and the number of schools reopened or looking to reopen soon keeps growing. In the political debates around school reopening, the […]
LEGISLATION Arizona The Arizona Senate passed three bills to expand educational opportunities, all of which were then also passed by the Arizona House Ways and Means Committee, including: SB 1452 to expand eligibility for Arizona’s Empowerment Scholarship Account program to include students from low-income families or who are assigned to district schools with a high proportion of low-income […]
LEGISLATION Federal The U.S. Senate saw a reintroduction of previous efforts to create a federal tax credit to donors of state-based scholarship-granting organizations (SGOs) that award scholarships as a part of state tax-credit scholarship programs. The bill, S 447, would create an individual federal credit worth up to $4,500 and a corporate credit worth up […]
Those familiar with the private school choice world are used to hearing about developments and updates from the “Big Fish” states—places like Arizona, Florida and Wisconsin, which have among the largest school choice enrollments and were at the forefront of the modern school choice movement. But did you know Iowa, the 31st most populous state […]
LEGISLATION Federal Lawmakers introduced HR 499, a bill seeking to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to allow military dependent children to establish federally funded education savings accounts. The bill was referred to the House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor. The U.S. Senate saw early private school choice action as well. S. […]
The EdChoice team has never experienced a year quite like 2020. Though we’re all eager to move forward, we couldn’t put it in the rearview mirror for good before bringing you our annual yearbook superlatives What better time than National School Choice Week to highlight some of the big school choice challenges and wins from […]
LEGISLATION New Jersey Lawmakers introduced a couple of coronavirus-related relief measures for families conducting remote learning in the form of state income tax benefits. SB 3104 provides a 25 percent tax credit for qualified education and child care expenses, the former of which includes materials necessary to support remote instruction. AB 4946 is the New […]
I think it is safe to say it has been a long year. It feels like more than just 14 months ago that the survey for my newest report Commuting Concerns: A Survey of U.S. Parents on K–12 Transportation Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic was about to be launched to parents around the nation […]