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The 2019 EdChoice Yearbook Superlatives

…at 0.5 percent of last year’s total traditional public and public charter school students -program funding can be put to referendum Yes Some might be curious why no tax-credit scholarships…

Educational Freedom and Choice Hits Escape Velocity: End-of-Session Wrap-Up

…year, there were 111 bills introduced in 40 states relating to Education Savings Accounts (ESAs), Vouchers, Tax-Credit Scholarships, and Refundable Tax Credits. Seventy-nine percent of those bills were related to…

Understanding the New IES Report on the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program

…students from low-income families in D.C. with scholarships worth up to $8,452 for K–8 students and $12,679 for high school students. The IES research team examined three cohorts of students…

BRIEF: School Choice in the States – March 2023

…create the Opportunity Scholarships Act, a tax-credit scholarship program. Eligibility would be the same qualifier for the National School Lunch Program but priority given based on five hierarchal tiers. Taxpayers…

Types of School Choice

…Tax-credit scholarships allow taxpayers to receive full or partial tax credits when they donate to nonprofits that provide private school scholarships. Eligible taxpayers can include both individuals and businesses. In…

The Fiscal Effects of the Kansas Tax Credit for Low Income Students Scholarship Program

…charitable donations to nonprofit scholarship granting organizations (SGOs). In turn, SGOs provide scholarships to students to help them attend schools their parents deem the best fit for them. Tax credits…

Pennsylvania K–12 & School Choice Survey

Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarships

School Choice in the States: February 2024

…Shapiro’s proposed school choice bill, Lifeline Scholarships. A bill with bipartisan support, the Educational Freedom Act would offer targeted private school scholarships (and other expenses) to low-income students who live…

Governor Signs Tax-Credit Scholarships, Makes Kansas 24th School Choice State

UPDATE Governor Sam Brownback signed HB 2506 today, ushering Kansas into the school choice club with tax-credit scholarships. Now, 24 states and the District of Columbia allow publicly funded private…