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«We think of the educational choice movement as involving many parts: vouchers and tax credits, certainly, but also virtual schools, magnet schools, homeschooling, and charter schools,» she said in a 2013 interview.

«There are 91 failing schools in New York City right now and that's why I'm personally a strong proponent of charter schools and the education tax credit.»

NYSUT was opposed to the tax credit, but the labor union had its hands full on other key issues, including Gov. Andrew Cuomo's effort to once again overhaul teacher evaluations, weaken teacher tenure laws and strengthen charter schools in addition to the perennial push for more school aid.

The conferences led by Heastie and Flanagan do not see eye to eye on a number of key issues, including a minimum wage hike, the education investment tax credit and an effort to strengthen charter schools.

Proposes the Education Investment Tax Credit for contributions to private and charter schools.

A little - known federal tax break to finance new charter school construction, the New Markets Tax Credit, is so lucrative that a lender who uses it can almost double his money in seven years.

Negotiations in Albany were also bogged down over how to divide increased education funding, the details of an affordable housing and development tax credit in New York City and whether to increase the number of authorized charter schools.

New Yorkers For Independent Action, the PAC paying for the mailers, is advocating for the education tax credit that would see the state give tax rebates to individuals and companies who donate to private, religious, and charter schools.

Teachers» unions and Democrats who dominate the Assembly were pleased to beat back the tax credit, while the religious organizations and charter school advocates who supported the measure were tided over with money and changes that will allow more charter schools to open in New York City.

Cox, to his credit, seems to know that, and says he's using new data to target traditional Democrats, particularly in New York City, who can be swayed to the GOP side on issues like school choice and charters.

McInerney is also a supporter of the charter schools movement and has donated $ 575,000 to New Yorkers for Independent Action, an education reform group pushing for a state tax credit for individuals who donate to charter or religious schools.

Astorino has said he supports the growth of charter schools in New York and blames Cuomo for the failure of a tax credit proposal that would incentivize donations to private school scholarship funds as well as public schools.

De Blasio acknowledged that some Senate Republicans could be holding off support in hopes of linking mayoral control with less - palatable issues for the mayor, including the education tax credit or an increase in the cap on charter schools.

He proposed lifting a charter school cap to authorize 100 new schools throughout the state, and he proposed a tax credit for those who donate money to public or private schools.

Thursday's City Council schedule will include a meeting of the Committee on Governmental Operations for its preliminary budget oversight hearing; a meeting of the Committee on Veterans to consider a resolution «calling upon the New York State Legislature to pass and the Governor to sign S. 752, the Veterans» Education Through SUNY Credits Act»; and a meeting of the Committee on Education to consider multiple resolutions, including one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to reject any attempt to raise the cap on the number of charter schools,» one «calling upon the Department of Education to amend its Parent's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities to include information about opting out of high - stakes testing and distribute this document at the beginning of every school year, to every family, in every grade,» and one «calling upon the New York State Legislature to eliminate the Governor's receivership proposal in the executive budget for New York City.»

The Fund for Great Public Schools, a teachers union backed SuperPAC has weigh in support of Senator Rivera, while New Yorkers for Independent Action have sided with CM Cabrera because of his strong support for charter schools and education tax credits for individuals and corporations that donate to public, private and parochial sSchools, a teachers union backed SuperPAC has weigh in support of Senator Rivera, while New Yorkers for Independent Action have sided with CM Cabrera because of his strong support for charter schools and education tax credits for individuals and corporations that donate to public, private and parochial sschools and education tax credits for individuals and corporations that donate to public, private and parochial schoolsschools.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver reiterated his opposition to both the effort to increase the state's cap on charter schools as well as the education tax credit.

Whyland also said Heastie would not allow the tax credit to be linked to passage of any other legislation — like, say, mayoral control of the New York City school system, which some are suggesting could be linked to raising the charter school cap, another issue pushed without success by Cuomo during the budget battle.

After achieving the passage of a new evaluation system that will rely on a mix on at least one standardized test and in - classroom observation, the governor is renewing his focus to areas NYSUT has opposed, including a lifting of the cap on charter schools and a $ 150 million education investment tax credit, which is strongly backed by private and parochial schools.

Flanagan, in a lengthy statement, reiterated his support for making the state's cap on local property tax increases permanent as well as the passage of an education investment tax credit along with a lifting of the cap on charter schools.

Under the provisions of the education tax credit proposed by Cuomo, people and businesses can donate up to $ 1 million to a scholarship fund to send underprivileged children to private schools, or the publicly funded, but privately run, charter schools.

Members also hoped to prevent an attempt by Governor Andrew Cuomo to link the extension of mayoral control to his end - of - session agenda, which includes lifting a cap on charter schools and establishing a tax credit for donations to private schools.

The Republican lawmakers proposing anti-Common Core legislation largely support charter schools, vouchers, tax credits that benefit religious schools and oppose teacher tenure and other traditional educational conventions.

«While there's still more to do this session on charters and the education investment tax credit, and more to ensure every child has access to great schools, Governor Cuomo fought hard to make meaningful reforms to tenure, arbitration policies and teacher evaluation criteria and his vision and hard work paid off.»

The Senate bill has further changes, such as including donations made to charter schools and expanding the pool of available credits, capping it at $ 150 million for calendar year 2017, $ 225 million for 2018 and $ 300 million for 2019 going forward.

Cuomo's education plan includes revamping the state's teacher evaluation system, increasing the charter school cap, approving the education investment tax credit and DREAM Act and allowing outside entities to take over failing schools.

As of late August, tax credit backers had put $ 321,261 into the race, which, according to Newsday, Ramos believes is «retaliati [on] against him for successful efforts to block charter schools in Islip.»

Another independent expenditure (or IE) group, New Yorkers for Independent Action weighed in on behalf of CM Cabrera who is a staunch supporter of school choice, charter schools and education tax credits for individuals and corporations that donate to public, private and parochial schools.

Education groups control the state's biggest super PACs, and while reformers and unions will likely take sides along most partisan lines in November, supporters of charter schools and tax credits for donations to private schools have focused on targeting eight incumbent Democrats in the primaries, forcing the New York State United Teachers to play defense in support of allies.

Cuomo is pushing forward on further changes: He wants to lift the cap on charter schools and create a $ 150 million education tax credit that is aimed at spurring donations to public schools and scholarships benefiting private education.

The tax credit failed, although non-public schools are getting a significant funding boost, and the charter groups fell short of the 100 new schools that Cuomo originally proposed in January.

Some mainstream Democrats, though, downplayed the political contention of issues like charter schools and the tax credit and even differences in nuanced positions regarding the Common Core standards and how the Board of Regents should be governed, arguing that those are secondary to decisions around school funding.

ALBANY — Education issues like charter schools and a proposal for an education tax credit could split the State Senate's Democrats, with advocates on both sides of the issues waiting to see whether a proposed reunion of regular and Independent Democrats will come to fruition.

The top of the tally featured three education groups: the pro-tax credit Invest in Education Coalition, labor union New York State United Teachers, and charter school advocates Families for Excellent Schools.

Supporters of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's education tax credit were at the Capitol to persuade lawmakers that the credit, which would benefit donors to private and charter schools, should be approved as part of the state budget.

He was also helped by StudentsFirstNY, a charter school supporter who invested heavily in Senate Republicans in 2014 and has reported spending $ 1.49 million on the race in the past two weeks, $ 250,000 of which came from a group backing education tax credits.

Derrell Bradford runs the group New York Campaign for Achievement Now, which advocates for the education tax credit, as well as lifting the state's cap on charter schools.

Among other changes, the Senate's proposal would include donations made to charter schools and would provide a credit for home - school supplies.

The assault on charters (and school vouchers or tax credits for Catholic schools) is not about the kids» education.

Charter school advocates and those seeking an education tax credit that would allow people to donate up to a million dollars tax free to send underprivileged children to private schools, among other things, together spent over $ 7.5 million.

Every version lifts the cap on new charter schools in the city; the five - year one also includes a state Education Tax Credit to support private and parochial tuition.

Silver's opinion on revamping teacher evaluations was unclear, but he opposed the education tax credit and increasing the number of charter schools.

He pledges to lower corporate taxes; support a fence on the U.S. southern border to improve security; repeal the health care bill; issue tax credits to students attending non-public and charter schools; support domestic energy production, including oil drilling, coal mining and natural gas extraction; and invest in creating alternative energy sources.

Questions asked included whether Cardinal Dolan supports the income tax surcharge that is part of the mayor's plan, what the 1,700 seats offered by the Archdiocese are currently used for, pending education tax credit bills, how the mayor expects to get his pre-K plan approved despite continuing disagreement with Governor Cuomo, guidelines governing church / state separation, how enough sufficiently - credentialed teachers can be in place for September and whether the pressure over his charter school actions is causing Mayor de Blasio to change his views.

Supporters of charter schools and education tax credits have caught up to unions in terms of total political spending, but NYSUT's VOTE - COPE remains one of the state's biggest PACs.

New Yorkers for Independent Action supported candidates who back its main issue: a proposed education investment tax credit that would largely help charter and private schools, and used its deep resources to attack those candidates» opponents.

An increase in the allowed number of charter schools and tax credits for those who donate or set up scholarship funds for private and religious schools are also on the table.

The unions have been joined by several groups supportive of issues they've opposed, such as expansion of charter schools and a tax credit that would redirect money to private schools, according to a POLITICO New York analysis of lobbying reports submitted to the Joint Commission on Public Ethics and campaign finance disclosure reports submitted by state - level candidates and parties to the Board of Elections.

One Cuomo promise was «to break... the only remaining public monopoly,» referring to public schools and teachers unions, by promoting charter schools, private school tuition tax credits, and a new round of teacher evaluations based on Common Core - aligned high - stakes testing.