And the reason they have not been harmed is central to why, for nearly 20 years, I have
favored education tax credit programs over both traditional public schooling and voucher programs.
It also could discourage other types of charitable giving, where the tax write off totals just 5 percent of the amount given, instead of 75 percent in the
proposed education tax credit program.
On April 16, the New Hampshire Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Duncan v. State of New Hampshire, a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Americans United Against Separation of Church and State (AU) against New Hampshire's
trailblazing education tax credit program.
New Hampshire
The Education Tax Credit Program, enacted in 2012, provides scholarships to children whose household income does not exceed 300 percent of the federal poverty guideline.
South Dakota's Partners
in Education Tax Credit Program (NEW) Tax - Credit Scholarship 8 % of average per - pupil spending in South Dakota public schools $ 748
They don't appear keen on approving money for a new voucher program, though a
federal education tax credit program has some, though not overwhelming, support in Congress, and it could be slipped into a tax - overhaul bill.
The
particular education tax credit program evaluated here combines credits for donations to nonprofit scholarship organizations serving low ‐ income families with credits for parents who directly assume the cost of their own children's education (both of which already exist, separately, in several states).
In addition to the U.S. Supreme Court ruling above, the Arizona Supreme Court, and Illinois district courts have also concluded that donations made
under education tax credit programs are not public money.
The governor has already been talking up tougher campus sexual assault rules and
an education tax credit program that could help needy families, parochial schools, and wealthy donors.
But on the same day that the Florida suit was filed, the New Hampshire supreme court ruled that plaintiffs in that state did not have standing to file suit against
their education tax credit program.
Last week, Florida's state school establishment sued to kill
an education tax credit program that benefits 60,000 low income, mostly black and Hispanic children.
Florida's teachers union, school administrators association, and school boards association have sued to kill
an education tax credit program that benefits 60,000 low income, mostly black and Hispanic children
However, before a single scholarship was granted, the ACLU and AU filed a lawsuit claiming that
the education tax credit program violated New Hampshire's historically anti-Catholic Blaine Amendment, which states:
New Hampshire's
Education Tax Credit Program (54) Tax - Credit Scholarship 14 % of average per - pupil spending in New Hampshire public schools $ 1,950
Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Betsy DeVos, Children's Scholarship Fund,
Education Tax Credit Programs, New Hampshire, School Choice, Tennessee, Texas, The Waltons
School voucher and
education tax credit programs have proliferated in the United States over the past two decades.
The state's
Education Tax Credit Program was launched 2013.
New Hampshire's
Education Tax Credit program, enacted in 2012, permits businesses who donate to a state - approved scholarship organization to deduct 85 % of that donation from their annual taxes.
A New Hampshire trial court found that
the Education Tax Credit program violated this discriminatory amendment and that scholarship funds could therefore not be granted to students attending religious schools.
Education tax credit programs are self - reinforcing.
A huge expansion of
the education tax credit program looks feasible, and it would make the Keystone state the leader in school choice
In addition to the U.S. Supreme Court -LSB-...] the Arizona Supreme Court, and Illinois district courts have also concluded that donations made under
education tax credit programs are not public money.