Sentences with phrase «education tax credit legislation»

The education tax credit legislation is opposed by the state's teachers union, but has been strongly pushed for by the Archdiocese of New York.

Cusick said that the WFP opposes his education tax credit legislation, a bill he calls «my biggest priority up here.»

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The bill comes as Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan has proposed a trio of mayoral control legislation, including a measure that create an education tax credit along with a five - year expiration date.

ALBANY — Unlike past proposals, Governor Andrew Cuomo's new legislation establishing an education tax credit offers more incentives for donations to private school scholarship funds than public schools.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has included it in his annual state address and proposed to boost the legislation with an education tax credit to make it more palatable to Republicans.

Labor leaders and some public - education advocacy groups, on the other hand, are hoping for a majority of exclusively mainstream Democrats which would be more inclined beat back pro-charter legislation and a controversial tax credit proposal.

Vic Smith of the Indiana Coalition for Public Education said Indiana's tax credit scholarship program, which passed in 2009, was the «gateway drug to [a state legislation authorizing] vouchers,» which passed in 2011.

Washington — The nation's chief state school officials, in a markedly emotional meeting last week, voiced extreme displeasure with the Reagan Administration's posture towards public education, particularly its intention to seek legislation that would introduce a system of tuition tax credits for families with children attending private schools.

PRIORITY: NSBA opposes any legislation that diverts public funds from K - 12 education directly through voucher programs, or indirectly through tax credits or related schemes to fund private, religious or home school education.

On Friday, Gov. Rick Scott signed legislation that expands eligibility for the Florida's longstanding scholarship tax credit (STC) program and creates a new education savings account for students with special needs.

(Frankfort)-- House Education Committee Chair Representative Bam Carney (R - Campbellsville) and Kentucky State Senator Ralph Alvarado (R - Winchester) filed legislation (SB 102 & HB 162) today that would create a scholarship tax credit program.

Kentucky State Sen. Ralph Alvarado & State Rep. Bam Carney File Scholarship Tax Credit Legislation House Education Committee Chair presents school choice Legislation House Education Committee Chair presents school choice legislationlegislation

The legislation caps the tax credits at $ 50 million allowing for a total of $ 100 million being available to help students; $ 70 million would flow to support public education; and the remaining $ 30 million would be available for tuition assistance for students attending nonpublic schools.

January 9, 2017 For Immediate Release Contact: Kaylee Carnahan, 832-878-2904 Kentucky State Sen. Ralph Alvarado & State Rep. Bam Carney File Scholarship Tax Credit Legislation House Education Committee Chair presents school choice...

It is a member of ALEC, and many of the education initiatives it promotes appear to have their roots in ALEC «model» legislation, such as tuition tax credits, parent trigger legislation, and attacks on union rights.

Georgia House Bill 1133, which introduced the Qualified Education Expense Tax Credit, is the only SSO legislation in the country that was formulated without requiring organizations to take family income into account when choosing who will receive a scholarship, nor does it keep track of who gets them.

Its mission is to focus public tax dollars on the K - 12 education of public school students by opposing legislation in the Indiana General Assembly that would fund private school vouchers, expand private school tax credits, privatize charter schools by allowing private colleges and agencies to be authorizers, put for - profit managers in place to take a profit from operating public schools and privatize public schools through any other means.»

Democrat Andre Carson has «repeatedly supported legislation to improve accessibility to higher education,» and he specifically references «expanding funding for Pell Grants and the «American Opportunity» tax credit» to improve college accessibility.

Despite following his party line fairly well, he is also a believer in tax credits for higher education and went on to introduce legislation to improve the tax credit system.