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State	Program Type	Program Name	Participation	Participation Rate	Eligibility	Eligibility Rate	Average Funding	Public Funding	Schools
AL	Tax-Credit Scholarship	Alabama – Education Scholarship Program	4,028	1%	276,156	57%	$5,346	59%	163
AZ	Tax-Credit Scholarship	Arizona – Original Individual Income Tax Credit Scholarship Program	27,362	4%	658,518	100%	$1,853	25%	331
AZ	Tax-Credit Scholarship	Arizona – Low-Income Corporate Income Tax Credit Scholarship Program	13,118	4%	352,135	53%	$1,869	25%	228
AZ	Tax-Credit Scholarship	Arizona – Lexie’s Law for Disabled and Displaced Students Tax Credit Scholarship Program	349	<1%	131,863	12%	$4,648	62%	91
AZ	Education Savings Account	Arizona – Empowerment Scholarship Accounts	2,909*	1%	253,228	22%	$12,764†	170%	134
AZ	Tax-Credit Scholarship	Arizona – “Switcher” Individual Income Tax Credit Scholarship Program	13,548	1%	1,135,950	>99%	$1,339	18%	309
AR	Voucher	Arkansas – Succeed Scholarship Program for Students with Disabilities	N.A.	N.A.	65,166	13%	$6,646	69%	N.A.
CO	Voucher	Colorado – Douglas County Choice Scholarship Program	494	1%	64,421	95%	$4,572	51%	21
DC	Voucher	District of Columbia – Opportunity Scholarship Program	1,244	7%	17,198	35%	$8,712	47%	40
FL	Voucher	Florida – John M. McKay Scholarships for Students with Disabilities Program	31,173	8%	383,612	13%	$6,968	80%	1,369
FL	Tax-Credit Scholarship	Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program	92,126*	15%	615,086	35%	$5,323	61%	1,602
FL	Education Savings Account	Florida – Gardiner Scholarship Program	5,844*	2%	355,242	12%	$10,716†	122%	174
GA	Voucher	Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program	4,185	2%	193,952	11%	$5,614	61%	235
GA	Tax-Credit Scholarship	Georgia – Qualified Education Expense Tax Credit	12,917	1%	1,678,482	93%	$3,425	37%	400
IL	Individual Tax Credit/Deduction	Illinois – Tax Credits for Educational Expenses	302,855	22%	1,353,296	100%	$271	2%	N/A
IN	Tax-Credit Scholarship	Indiana – School Scholarship Tax Credit	9,424	3%	369,162	52%	$1,668	17%	318
IN	Voucher	Indiana – Choice Scholarship Program	32,686	5%	671,255	59%	$4,024	42%	316
IN	Individual Tax Credit/Deduction	Indiana – Private School/Homeschool Deduction	52,149	47%	111,872	10%	$1,776	19%	N/A
IA	Individual Tax Credit/Deduction	Iowa – Tuition and Textbook Tax Credit	136,310	38%	349,168	100%	$115	1%	N/A
IA	Tax-Credit Scholarship	Iowa – School Tuition Organization Tax Credit	10,848	9%	125,472	36%	$1,624	15%	139
KS	Tax-Credit Scholarship	Kansas – Tax Credit for Low Income Students Scholarship Program	73	<1%	109,764	22%	$1,485	15%	51
LA	Voucher	Louisiana Scholarship Program	7,110	5%	155,696	20%	$5,856	54%	121
LA	Individual Tax Credit/Deduction	Louisiana – Elementary and Secondary School Tuition Deduction	106,549	95%	112,645	14%	$4,060	38%	N/A
LA	Voucher	Louisiana – School Choice Program for Certain Students with Exceptionalities	342	2%	19,136	7%	$2,264	21%	22
LA	Tax-Credit Scholarship	Louisiana – Tuition Donation Rebate Program	776	<1%	205,590	44%	$4,241	39%	104
ME	Voucher	Maine – Town Tuitioning Program	5,727	100%	5,727	3%	$10,739‡	85%	64
MN	Individual Tax Credit/Deduction	Minnesota – Education Deduction	219,914	36%	604,987	100%	$1,168	10%	N/A
MN	Individual Tax Credit/Deduction	Minnesota – K–12 Education Credit	53,712	42%	128,589	21%	$272	2%	N/A
MS	Voucher	Mississippi Dyslexia Therapy Scholarship for Students with Dyslexia Program	148	1%	12,289	2%	$4,918	60%	3
MS	Voucher	Mississippi – Nate Rogers Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Program	1	<1%	13,617	3%	$3,556	43%	1
MS	Education Savings Account	Mississippi – Equal Opportunity for Students with Special Needs Program	286	<1%	65,817	13%	$6,500	79%	10
NV	Tax-Credit Scholarship	Nevada – Educational Choice Scholarship Program	541	<1%	149,277	54%	$1,779	21%	77
NH	Tax-Credit Scholarship	New Hampshire – Education Tax Credit Program	128	<1%	41,326	30%	$1,527	11%	25
NC	Voucher	North Carolina – Special Education Scholarship Grants for Children with Disabilities	611	<1%	193,699	12%	$5,070	60%	168
NC	Voucher	North Carolina – Opportunity Scholarships	3,666	1%	451,158	43%	$3,633	43%	330
OH	Voucher	Ohio – Cleveland Scholarship Program	8,088	17%	47,050	100%	$3,101	27%	34
OH	Voucher	Ohio – Autism Scholarship Program	3,193	14%	22,444	1%	$20,279	179%	272
OH	Voucher	Ohio – Educational Choice Scholarship Program	21,556	11%	189,413	10%	$4,257	37%	472
OH	Voucher	Ohio – Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program	6,904	3%	256,672	14%	$9,794	86%	263
OH	Voucher	Ohio – Income-Based Scholarship Program	5,718	1%	732,384	60%	$3,761	33%	472
OK	Voucher	Oklahoma – Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities	377	<1%	103,432	16%	$6,632	85%	51
OK	Tax-Credit Scholarship	Oklahoma Equal Opportunity Education Scholarships	904	<1%	329,157	79%	$1,129	14%	52
PA	Tax-Credit Scholarship	Pennsylvania – Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program	34,826	5%	686,327	54%	$1,587	11%	N.A.
PA	Tax-Credit Scholarship	Pennsylvania – Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program	14,987	11%	138,438	7%	$2,312	17%	N.A.
RI	Tax-Credit Scholarship	Rhode Island – Tax Credits for Contributions to Scholarship Organizations	503	1%	41,620	38%	$3,024	20%	41
SC	Tax-Credit Scholarship	South Carolina – Educational Credit for Exceptional Needs Children	2,100	2%	100,081	13%	$4,078	42%	105
UT	Voucher	Utah – Carson Smith Special Needs Scholarship Program	905	1%	76,105	12%	$4,938	76%	42
VT	Voucher	Vermont – Town Tuitioning Program	3,585	100%	3,585	4%	$14,681	86%	151
VA	Tax-Credit Scholarship	Virginia – Education Improvement Scholarships Tax Credits Program	1,368	<1%	298,808	33%	$2,535	23%	107
WI	Voucher	Wisconsin – Milwaukee Parental Choice Program	27,619	59%	46,743	68%	$7,366	66%	117
WI	Voucher	Wisconsin – Parental Private School Choice Program (Racine)	2,172	30%	7,038	45%	$7,324	65%	19
WI	Voucher	Wisconsin – Parental Choice Program (Statewide)	2,514	65%	3,894	16%	$7,388	66%	82
WI	Individual Tax Credit/Deduction	Wisconsin – K–12 Private School Tuition Deduction	39,500	35%	112,025	12%	$309	3%	N/A
AL	Individual Tax Credit/Deduction	Alabama – Accountability Act of 2013 Parent-Taxpayer Refundable Tax Credits	88	<1%	24,624	3%	$2,037	23%	N/A
MT	Tax-Credit Scholarship	Montana – Tax Credits for Contributions to Student Scholarship Organizations	N.A.	N.A.	151,250	100%	$3,152‡	30%	N.A.
NV	Education Savings Account	Nevada – Education Savings Accounts	N.A.	N.A.	446,299	96%	$5,139†	61%	N.A.
TN	Education Savings Account	Tennessee – Individualized Education Account Program	N.A.	N.A.	17,386	2%	$6,200†	72%	N.A.
SC	Individual Tax Credit/Deduction	South Carolina – Refundable Educational Credit for Exceptional Needs Children	N.A.	N.A.	98,929	13%	$10,000‡	103%	N/A
WI	Voucher	Wisconsin – Special Needs Scholarship Program	N.A.	N.A.	122,654	13%	$12,000	107%	N.A.
SD	Tax-Credit Scholarship	South Dakota – Partners in Education Tax Credit Program	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	$4,023‡	45%	N.A.
MD	Voucher	Maryland – Broadening Options and Opportunities for Students Today (BOOST) Program	N.A.	N.A.	163,321	26%	$14,003‡	100%	N.A.

Note: Year is school-year ending or calendar year, depending on the program. Please click the name of the program to see the program page for more detail.

* Partial Data

† Projected Amount

‡ Maximum Amount

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“School Choice in America,” EdChoice, last modified Aug. 22, 2016, http://www.edchoice.org/school-choice/school-choice-in-america.

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