Sentences with phrase «for scholarship donations»

The HHC had moved House Bill 639 further than any previous proposal to set up tax credits for scholarship donations; no prior proposal had made it to a floor debate in either the House or Senate.

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Wheeler said the two donations would go toward scholarships for the soccer program and to the Sailfish swim team program.

We have more than doubled the number of donations this year, as states compete to achieve the highest percentage of participation and secure scholarship dollars for their state.

The bill, which has been a long - sought goal for Catholic officials, is aimed at strengthening both public and private schools through private donations to scholarships and non-profits.

Nevertheless, he insisted the bill — which provides tax credits for donations to public schools and scholarship programs for private and parochial schools — remains a troubling one for the Democratic conference.

Cuomo and Senate Republicans have been aligned on a number of key issues, including keeping a cap on local property tax increases permanent, as well as a tax credit for donations to public schools and private school scholarship programs.

The Executive Budget includes an Education Tax Credit (ETC) that would provide individuals and businesses with a substantial credit against income taxes owed for donations to private and public schools, or scholarship organizations.

Individuals and businesses can receive a tax credit for up to 75 percent of their donations made to not - for - profit organizations that award scholarships to students in grades P - 12.

The compromise would have yoked the Dream Act — which provides tuition assistance to the children of undocumented immigrants — to the tax credit for donations to private and parochial school scholarships as well as public school programs.

The Senate's proposal offers $ 150 million just for the credit incentivizing donations to scholarship funds and public schools, and that investment would grow to $ 225 million in the second year and $ 300 million in the third.

In a statement Tuesday, when Cuomo announced the new legislation, he downplayed the incentives for donations to private school scholarship funds.

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.

It authorizes $ 150 million in a tax credit offsetting donations to educational scholarship funds, reauthorizes mayoral control of New York City schools for three years, legalizes mixed martial arts, and transfers the Canal Corporation from the Thruway Authority to the Power Authority.

All donations raised locally will be used by the Mental Health Association of the Southern Tier to promote the work of DIFD in our community and to offer scholarships for area sports coaches to become certified in Youth Mental Health First Aid.

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.

Skelos, meanwhile, reiterated he will push in the post-budge legislative session for the education investment tax credit, which is aimed at spurring donations to public schools and non-profit scholarship programs that aid private schools.

The measure would provide tax credits for donations to non-profit scholarship finds that aid students in attending private schools, donations to public schools and help teachers who spend their own money on classroom supplies.

The investment tax credit, which is aimed at encouraging donations to public schools and non-profit scholarship programs for private schools, remains a heavy lift for Assembly Democrats, who already trying to calm the statewide teachers union for approving a variety of Cuomo's education reform proposals.

UFT members participate in a protest on March 21 in front of the Bay Ridge office of state Sen. Marty Golden, who sponsored a bill making its way through the Legislature that would grant sizable tax credits for donations to scholarship funds for religious and other private schools in New York State.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his 2016 - 17 executive budget proposed establishing a $ 150 million credit for donations made to public schools, local education funds, school improvement organizations or private education scholarship organizations.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan and Assemblyman Robert Rodriguez today rallied with religious school parents, kids and administrators in East Harlem for the passage of the controversial education investment tax credit — which would incentivize private donations for scholarships at parochial schools and other private schools, as well as public school scholarship funds.

Governor Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, inserted the Dream Act into his $ 141.6 billion executive budget, and linked it to a new tax credit for donations to private and parochial school scholarship funds as well as public schools.

The education tax credit, a proposal lobbied for by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, would allow for private donations to public schools and create scholarship programs for needy students to receive access to private education, including parochial schools.

A proposal that would link a tax credit for donations to public schools and fund private - school scholarships to the Dream Act is not «viable» Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said on Monday after emerging from a closed - door meeting with Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Coalition for Opportunity in Education, a group whose advocacy is focused exclusively on the Education Investment Tax Credit, which would incentivize donations to private school scholarships or public schools, spent $ 659,404.

Supporters say that the tax credit will raise more charitable donations for after school programs, arts and scholarships.

Cuomo's proposal would establish a $ 150 million credit providing incentives for donations made to public schools, local education funds, school improvement organizations or private education scholarship organizations.

Donations generated by the credit would be divided equally between public - school needs and scholarships for private and parochial schools.

The tax credit would allow credits for donations to scholarship funds that could be spent at private schools.

GOP leaders in the state's upper house introduced another proposal to re-authorize mayoral control of the state's largest school system, offering New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio an additional three years but pairing it with a tax credit for donations to private school scholarships — a known poison pill for Heastie and the Democratic conference he leads.

Cardinal Timothy Dolan is in Albany today to lobby for the education investment tax credit, a tax break in return for donations to schools or scholarship funds.

The new donations for scholarships would make private and parochial education a reality for families seeking new quality educational opportunities and assist those already enrolled who are struggling to afford tuition at schools that best meet their needs.

The STC laws in six states offer credits for 100 percent of donations to authorized scholarship organizations and eight states receive full credit for their maximum donation amounts.

The students didn't need to have the $ 2,400 tuition — the donation paid for scholarships — and they didn't need to be Catholic.

A more likely scenario could be an effort to reform the tax code to offer tax credits for donations to organizations that provide scholarships to low - income students — an approach that could serve much the same purpose as school vouchers but would not require the creation of a new direct - spending program.

In a handful of states, those credits are worth 100 percent of their donations, a reflection of both the high priority policymakers place on expanding educational opportunity and the potential for the state to realize savings from the scholarship program.

J.B. Fuqua, who was raised on a tobacco farm near Farmville, Va., where the Prince Edward Academy is located, announced last month that «a significant amount» of his donation to the school was earmarked for minority scholarships.

While it did not deem scholarship tax credits generally unconstitutional, the decision, if not overturned on appeal, will prevent religious organizations from participating in similar initiatives nationwide — including a parallel program for corporate donations upheld by an Arizona appellate court just weeks earlier.

In the least regulated circumstance, called the Louisiana Tuition Donation Rebate Program, private donors receive state rebates for up to 95 percent of their contributions to approved non-profit scholarship funds, which in turn award scholarships of up to $ 4,000 for elementary and middle school students and $ 4,500 for high school students.

The same is true for tax credits for donations to fund scholarships for students from low - income families who attend private school.

In 2010 and 2011, we asked instead about «a tax credit for individual and corporate donations that pay for scholarships to help parents send their children to private schools,» language that implies the scholarships could be used by any family, regardless of income.

The Japan ICU Foundation will provide a dollar per dollar match up to $ 50,000 for donations made for the Study Abroad Scholarship over the next two fiscal years, in the hopes of attracting further investment from alumni and friends for this new initiative.

If you pay federal taxes and donate to any eligible, existing scholarship fund — for example, the Children's Scholarship Fund — you get to reduce your tax bill by the amount of youscholarship fund — for example, the Children's Scholarship Fund — you get to reduce your tax bill by the amount of youScholarship Fund — you get to reduce your tax bill by the amount of your donation.

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

Nearly three - fourths (72 percent) of the public favors a «tax credit for individual and corporate donations that pay for scholarships to help low - income parents send their children to private schools.»

At least 10 Arizona organizations that receive tax - credit donations for private school scholarships have failed so far to spend at least 90 percent of their revenues on the scholarships as required by law, according to an analysis by the Arizona Republic.

Among the pluses: Florida's excellent accountability system for schools; a longitudinal database containing student data from pre-K through age 20; a strong charter - school law; special - education vouchers; and a tax - credit program for corporate donations to private - school scholarship programs.

The proposal — a bill that would provide tax credits for donations to scholarship funds that help children pay tuition at private schools — is similar to programs that are growing in popularity in other states.