April 23, 2021
Program Could Possibly Grow By 25 Percent Every Fiscal Year
Legislation in the Pennsylvania Senate would expand the commonwealth’s Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program, a tax-credit scholarship program for low-income students. The program’s budget would increase to $185 million in fiscal year 2020–21 and would allow the program to increase by 25 percent in every fiscal year where at least 90 percent of the total credits were distributed to commonwealth families.
Research also shows students at private schools are less likely than their public school peers to experience problems such as alcohol abuse, bullying, drug use, fighting, gang activity, racial tension, theft, vandalism, and weapon-based threats. There is also a strong causal link suggesting private school choice programs improve the mental health of participating students.
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Research & Commentary: Philanthropic Investment in Arkansas Kids Program a Great Next Step for Education Choice in the Natural State
April 15, 2021
Program Open To Low-Income Arkansas Children
Legislation introduced in the Arkansas Senate would create the Philanthropic Investment in Arkansas Kids Program, a tax-credit scholarship (TCS) program for low-income Arkansas children. Tax-credit scholarship programs allow qualifying families to pay for tuition and fees at private and parochial schools, as well as at both a traditional public school or a public charter school located outside of the student’s school district, using scholarships provided by donors, who, in return, receive tax credits.
Research & Commentary: Education Saving Account Program Would Be Timely and Much-Needed Compliment to Louisiana’s Education Choice Programs
April 15, 2021
Program Would Be Open To Children In Foster Care And The Children Of Active Duty Military Members
Legislation introduced in the Louisiana House of Representatives would establish an Education Savings Account (ESA) Program open to any K–12 student who is the child of an active duty military service member, or in foster care, or “was enrolled in a [public] school that did not offer an option for students to receive one hundred percent of instruction continuously in person for at least one semester” during the previous school year.
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March 17, 2021
Program Open To Low-Income, Special Needs, And Foster Children
Legislation making its way through the Arkansas House of Representatives would create the Arkansas Child Academic Opportunity Scholarship and Grant Program, an education savings account (ESA) program.
With an ESA, state education funds allocated for a child are placed in a parent-controlled savings account. Parents then use a state-provided debit card to access the funds to pay for the resources chosen for their child’s unique educational program. Under the proposed program, ESAs could be used to pay for tuition and fees at private and parochial schools, as well as uniforms and textbooks, tutoring services, and specialized after-school and summer education programs. The ESAs could also be used to cover the fees required to take national standardized achievement tests, such as the SAT or ACT.