It is up to the donating businesses and
scholarship organizations rather than politicians to determine how much scholarships should be to serve the most students and use dollars efficiently.
Not exact matches
The FTC program is effectively a means - tested voucher program, but it is called a tax credit
scholarship program because
rather than being funded directly by the government it is supported by corporate donations to non-profit
organizations (which distribute the
scholarships).
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).
Florida's new education savings account for students with special needs is based on Arizona's highly popular program, but with a twist: nonprofit
scholarship organizations will administer the program
rather than the state, though the accounts will still use public funds.
Rather, when «taxpayers choose to contribute to [
scholarship organizations], they spend their own money, not money the State has collected.»
Unlike grants, many
organizations usually award
scholarships based on merit, such as good grades or athletic excellence,
rather than financial need.
A vast number of both merit - based and need - based
scholarships for medical students flow directly from universities and colleges
rather than private
organizations.