Sentences with phrase «credit scholarship plan»

In 2011, Gov. Fallin signed the state's second private school choice program — a tax - credit scholarship plan — into law.

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Cuomo said his plans to extend public tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants — the Dream Act — and a plan proposed tax credit offsetting donations to private and parochial school scholarship funds (as well as public schools) were «highly likely» to fall out of talks because the State Senate and Assembly were «dug in» in their respective opposition.

The plan, known as the Excelsior Scholarship program, includes incentives to ensure that more students graduate on time, including requiring that each year, students complete the full - time requirement of 30 credits per year.

Senate Co-Leader Dean Skelos (R - Long Island) and Sen. Martin Golden (R - Brooklyn) said they would not support expanding a proposed education investment tax credit to help fund scholarships for the college kids of illegal immigrants — a plan some saw as a compromise to the DREAM Act that was voted down in the Senate last week.

Many people had expected the administration's tax plan to include a tax credit for donations to private school scholarship foundations.

The tax system subsidizes the families of college students through tax - advantaged savings plans, credits, a deduction for tuition costs and loan interest, an exclusion of scholarships, grants and tuition reductions from taxable income, and a dependent exemption for students aged 19 to 23.

It's expected DeVos will roll out a Trump administration plan to provide tax credits to corporations and individuals who donate money to groups and schools that provide school choice scholarships to students and parents.

Second, any plan that stipulates a state must first «opt in» before that state's federal taxpayers may receive the national K — 12 scholarship tax credit will effectively give the teachers unions the ability to stop the scholarship tax credit in virtually any state that has a Democratic governor or Democratic control of either legislative chamber.

Governor Corbett and Secretary of Education Ron Tomalis outlined four key provisions of their plan: «opportunity scholarships, expanding the Educational Improvement Tax Credits program, improved charter school quality and accountability, and more robust and comprehensive educator evaluations.»

The bill, which mirrors most of Governor Tom Corbett's educational reform plan, creates an opportunity scholarship program for low - income students, expands the current Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) program to provide for a variety of options for students and families and contains several charter school reform provisions.

The Governor, a former teacher, earlier today introduced his ambitious education reform plan, which will expand school choice in the state via opportunity scholarships, expand the popular Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) Program, establish standards and enforcements for charter schools and peg student achievement to teacher evaluations — all without raising state taxes.

Alyson Klein asks, has U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos being «a big cheerleader for school choice,» and the fact that some states have been «adopting tax - credit scholarships, education savings accounts,» and more, «translated into a big bonanza for school choice» in state ESSA plans?

Despite the fact that his party had control of both legislative houses this year, the most McDonnell managed to do was to pass the voucher - like tax credit plan (which has been criticized for only allowing those providing scholarships to poor kids to write off a mere 65 cents of every dollar spent, or less than similar plans) and a weak charter school expansion that has only allowed four new charters to be opened this past school year.

While the new law does offer additional funding for Chicago Public Schools, the Chicago Teachers Union is assailing the voucher plan, which would offer individuals and businesses a 75 - cent tax credit for each dollar donated to a «scholarship» fund.

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