Sentences with phrase «providing scholarships to private schools»

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Milwaukee is the site of an experimental state program that provides a $ 2,500 scholarship to a limited number of low - income parents who would like to move their child to a private school.

In 1951 the nation's scholarship program was opened up to qualifying students who wanted to attend private secondary schools; the government also began providing for children attending all elementary schools a minimal supplementary aid in a form similar to the tuition voucher plans presently under discussion in several American states.

Opposition continues in the Assembly even as supporters point to the dozens of lawmakers from both parties who have signed on in support of a version of the legislation, which would provide a tax credit to those who donate to public schools or to a scholarship program that benefits a private or parochial school.

The bill would provide tax credits to those who make donations to public schools and scholarships that benefit private and parochial schools.

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.

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.

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 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 Parental Choice in Education Act would provide tax credits for those who donate to private and parochial schools for purposes of scholarships, tax credits to parents who pay tuition to private and parochial schools and tax credits to teachers - in both public and private schools - who make personal purchases of school supplies and food to support their underprivileged students.

«As long as they are able to provide like private schools with more funding for students and more scholarships and grants for them, then it's a great program.

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.

While the state's Excelsior Scholarships provide eligible students free tuition to all state schools, Cuomo also offered the Enhanced Tuition program for state residents attending private colleges.

The court voted 5 - 2 to end the Opportunity Scholarships program, which provides students who decide to leave some of the state's lowest - rated public schools with about $ 4,350 in tuition aid they can use in private or religious schools.

Private school choice programs, such as vouchers, tax - credit scholarships, and education savings accounts, can provide a private school «balance» to strong charter schooPrivate school choice programs, such as vouchers, tax - credit scholarships, and education savings accounts, can provide a private school «balance» to strong charter schooprivate school «balance» to strong charter school laws.

Nonprofits, including the Children's Scholarship Fund, founded in 1998, have provided vouchers to help low - income families afford private schools, and some are using the money to home school.

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

School vouchers provide funds to parents to enable them to enroll their children in private schools and, as a result, are one of the most controversial education reforms in the United States (to see an interview with Patrick Wolf about his evaluation of the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program and about its likely future please click here).

The Louisiana Scholarship Program provides low - income students in low - performing public schools with public funds to enroll in local private schools.

A recent example is the Florida Tax Credit (FTC) scholarship program, which provides private - school tuition scholarships to low - income students.

We examine the Florida Tax Credit (FTC) scholarship program, which provides private school tuition scholarships to children from low - income families (defined as those making less than 185 percent of the federal poverty level, which is the same eligibility requirement as for a free or reduced - price lunch).

Activists will also focus their energies on tax - relief programs for third parties that provide scholarships for poor children to attend religious and private schools.

Rather than reallocating dollars slated for education, supporters proposed to give tax credits to individuals and businesses that donated money to nonprofit organizations providing low - income students with scholarship grants to attend private schools (see Table 1).

One is Arizona's tax credit for contributions to organizations that provide private school scholarships, including for students in religious schools.

Among the most prominent efforts will be Congressional attempts to reauthorize the Washington, DC Opportunity Scholarship Program, which provides private school scholarships to low - income students in the nation's capital.

During a decade when voucher programs were handed defeats in Florida, Arizona, Utah, and Washington, DC, the state of Louisiana established a scholarship program that now provides vouchers worth up to $ 7,000 so that 1,324 poor youngsters in New Orleans can attend private schools.

They could then provide more funds to Bryan's public schools, as is likely, or use the scholarship to help pay for enrichment programs or private school tuition.

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.

The Washington Scholarship Fund, a nonprofit supported by Robert that has raised private funds to help provide tuition scholarships for private school students, was selected by the Department of Education to administer the effort.

The Corporate School Tuition Organization Tax Credit provides scholarships for low and lower - middle - income children to attend private schools.

Florida The John M. McKay Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Program provides private school vouchers to assist children with special needs in Florida.

The FTC program, the largest private school choice program in the nation, provides low - income families a scholarship that can be used to enroll in participating private schools.

Enacted in 2013 and implemented in 2014 - 15, the Opportunity Scholarship Program provides funding of up to $ 4,200 per year for eligible students to attend participating private schools.

Indiana's new voucher program that provides state - funded scholarships to private schools, the nation's broadest, is proving to be a boon for Roman Catholic schools that nationwide have been struggling against dwindling enrollment numbers for years.

The tax - credit scholarship program is entirely funded by voluntary donations from individuals and businesses to Student Scholarship Organizations (SSOs), nonprofits that provide students with scholarships to attend privascholarship program is entirely funded by voluntary donations from individuals and businesses to Student Scholarship Organizations (SSOs), nonprofits that provide students with scholarships to attend privaScholarship Organizations (SSOs), nonprofits that provide students with scholarships to attend private schools.

Indiana The Corporate and Individual Scholarship Tax Credit Program provides scholarships for low and lower - middle income children to attend private schools.

Private schools that participate in the LSP must provide to the Louisiana Department of Education the daily attendance of scholarship students and any absences.

The D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program is a means - tested voucher program that provides private school vouchers to assist low - income children in Washington, D.C..

Iowa The Individual School Tuition Organization Tax Credit provides scholarships for low and lower - middle income children to attend private schools.

Oklahoma The Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarship for Students with Disabilities Program provides private school vouchers to assist children with special needs in Oklahoma.

Title I portability proposals should incorporate language similar to that included in the law authorizing the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program, which provides scholarships to children from low - income families living in the nation's capital to attend a private school of choice.

Students can receive a scholarship worth up to $ 8,000 to cover the costs of private school tuition, fees, and transportation if it is provided by the private school.

STOs use these contributions to provide scholarships to students attending private schools, many of which are religious.

Utah The Carson Smith Special Needs Scholarship provides private school vouchers to assist children with special needs in Utah.

Arizona Lexie's Law provides scholarships for foster children and children with special needs to attend private schools.

Rhode Island The Rhode Island Corporate Scholarship Tax Credit provides scholarships for low and lower - middle income children to attend private schools.

The Individual School Tuition Organization Tax Credit provides scholarships for children to attend private schools.

Georgia The Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Program is a special needs voucher that provides scholarships for children to attend private school.

Louisiana The Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence provides private school vouchers to assist low - income children in failing schools in New Orleans.

The Cleveland Scholarship and Tutoring Programs provide private school vouchers to assist low - income children in Cleveland, Ohio.

A majority of Americans support school choice, including the idea of providing tax - funded scholarships for poor parents to send their children to public, private, or parochial schools, according to a poll released last week.