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Scholarship Tax Credits: townhall.com, February 8, 2017.

A scholarship tax credit encourages grassroots action to expand school choice.

The scholarship tax credit — a very good idea.

The Center for Education Reform's scorecard is a significant contribution to our understanding about scholarship tax credits and it highlights the importance of designing them well.

Nearly 200,000 students use tax - credit scholarships in 11 states, and three other states have recently enacted but not yet implemented scholarship tax credit (STC) laws.

While publicly funded, the PLSAs are privately managed by the same non-profit scholarship organizations that participate in the state's scholarship tax - credit program.

Earlier this week, the Show - Me Institute released «Live Free and Learn,» the first analysis of New Hampshire's trailblazing scholarship tax credit program, which is the first in the nation to include homeschoolers.

Second, scholarship tax - credit laws enable supporters of school choice to organize so that they can more effectively fight harmful regulations: Scholarship organizations can help both scholarship recipients and the donors mobilize against potentially harmful legislation.

Families participating in New Hampshire's pioneering scholarship tax credit program report near - universal levels of satisfaction because it enables them to choose the best educational fit for their children.

In addition, New Hampshire's scholarship tax - credit law includes an ESA - style provision that allows homeschoolers to spend scholarship funds on a variety of educational products and services similar to those permitted by the Arizona and Florida ESA laws.

At least two reasons explain why scholarship tax - credit programs are less likely to be over-regulated.

A year ago, she falsely claimed that scholarship tax credit programs benefit corporate donors and wealthy recipients.

In May 2014, a study by Andrew Catt of the Friedman Foundation found that scholarship tax - credit laws generally imposed very few additional regulations on schools when first enacted and over time.

Scholarship Tax Credits: allow individuals and businesses to take tax credits for donating money to private, nonprofit organizations that provide private school scholarships.

With Donald Trump in the White House and long - time school choice advocate Betsy DeVos installed as his education secretary, arguments for and against vouchers and scholarship tax credits are burning white hot.

Not only is the scholarship tax credit policy consistent with Article IX, Section 1 of the state constitution, it has been proven to advance that constitutional mandate.

Tom Carroll wrote in more detail about how a tax credit scholarship program could work in «A Federal Scholarship Tax Credit: The Only Fifty - State School - Choice Option.»

Welner wonders why I did not use the term he invented to describe scholarship tax credit programs.

In a scholarship tax credit program, however, the money bypasses state coffers altogether.

If the NH supreme court continues that tradition, then they will uphold the scholarship tax credit program in its entirety.

Welner noted correctly that some of those cases did not pertain directly to scholarship tax credit programs.

Though there are currently more students participating in scholarship tax credit (STC) programs than voucher programs nationwide (about 151,000 to 104,000), the former have not received nearly as much attention as the latter.

However, this facile understanding of scholarship tax credits fails to capture its full fiscal impact, since there are also corresponding reductions in state spending.

Scholarship tax credit programs move our education system toward that goal.

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.

An independent study of the fiscal impact of Arizona's STC program in 2009 determined that the state saves between $ 99.8 million and $ 241.5 million as a result of its scholarship tax credit program.

Earlier this week, Stephanie Saul of the New York Times launched a full frontal assault on scholarship tax credit (STC) programs, accusing them of failing to help low - income students, draining public schools of needed funding, and of using public money for private purposes.

When designed and implemented properly, a scholarship tax credit program is a constitutional, popular, and fiscally sound method to increase educational options for low - income families.

New Hampshire's scholarship tax credit law offers a third model of educational choice that is both privately managed and privately funded.

In a new Cato Institute report, Jonathan Butcher of the Goldwater Institute and I draw from the experiences of three states to explore how to fund ESAs through tax - credit - eligible private donations, similar to scholarship tax credit (STC) policies in 16 states.

Scholarship tax credits and education savings accounts appear to attract less regulation.

The Cato Institute has produced a short film, «Live Free and Learn,» which explains how New Hampshire's scholarship tax credit program came about and features some of the families benefiting from the program.

His thesis, «Choosing to Learn,» assessed the scholarship tax credit programs operating in eight states including their impact of student performance, fiscal impact, program design, and popularity.

Yesterday, WaPo's Valerie Strauss accused scholarship tax credit (STC) programs of operating as Reverse Robin Hoods, robbing from the poor to give to the rich.

First, a point of clarification: Florida has a scholarship tax credit (STC) law, not a voucher program.

The most popular private educational choice program was the scholarship tax credit (STC).

Contrary to Strauss» assertions, scholarship tax credit programs are not the same as vouchers.

For example, 47 percent of respondents said they supported «school vouchers,» while 65 percent supported «scholarship tax credits» and 75 percent supported «education savings accounts.»

Likewise, in its discussion of the fiscal impact of Indiana's scholarship tax credit law, CTBA focuses solely on the reduction in revenue with nary a mention of the corresponding reduction in expenses.

Raising the cap on Georgia's scholarship tax credit program is an ideal way to bring freedom and excellence to K - 12 education.

As dangerous as ICB - style boards are for voucher programs, they are even more inappropriate for scholarship tax credits (STCs).

Raising the cap on Georgia's scholarship tax credit program is thus an ideal way to bring freedom and excellence to K - 12 education.

Policymakers should learn from other states» experience when designing their own scholarship tax credit laws.

In recognition of these advantages, the Florida legislature has repeatedly raised the cap on its scholarship tax credit program.

A scholarship tax credit appeals to a diverse coalition of supporters: economically disadvantaged, working - class, and middle - class voters; African American and Hispanic clergy and parents; urban Catholics, Orthodox Jews, and evangelical voters; and a large swath of the labor - union movement (a scholarship tax credit proposal in New York is supported by 30 labor unions).

The adoption of a scholarship tax credit in 2017 would allow scholarships to flow to millions of families in 2018, enabling President Trump and his congressional allies to reach new voters in the midterms and the 2020 presidential election.

A federal scholarship tax credit would simply raise the value of that deduction.

Under a scholarship tax credit, taxpayers would receive a tax credit for contributing to a K — 12 scholarship organization.

Similarly, anyone in a state with a state - level scholarship tax credit would need to back out any benefit they receive from their state tax code to make sure that the combination of federal and state tax incentives does not exceed the value of the donation.

Steer clear of the culture wars: Politicians on the Left — many of whom oppose religious schools or church teaching on social issues — will attempt to insert «poison pills» into scholarship tax credit legislation to reduce support for the bill among social conservatives.