As the controversy raged in the late 1990s, a group of philanthropists created the New York School Choice Scholarships Foundation (SCSF), which offered three - year vouchers worth up to $ 1,400 annually to as many as 1,000 low - income families with children who were either entering 1st grade or were public school students about to enter grades two through five. (educationnext.org)
Similarly, last year the legislature passed a modest program of school choice scholarships allowing tax credits for businesses that donate to organizations that give scholarships to students of lower levels of income. (jbartlett.org)
In the mid-1990s, some wealthy philanthropists created the New York School Choice Scholarship Fund. (edchoice.org)