School Choice Continues to Expand, Even in Blue and Purple States

School choice continues to expand, even in blue and purple states

Press reports tend to draw a hard line between the 17 states which enacted universal school choice programs when both their legislatures and governors were Republican and the 33 others which have not. But it would be more accurate to say that choice is expanding everywhere, just with different structures. Even in states where at…

School Choice May Soon be Expanded in All States as Part of ‘Big Beautiful Bill’

WASHINGTON, D.C. – If passed as expected, the Educational Choice for Children Act will open up school choice across the U.S., with the amount of students benefiting from “private school choice programs” prospectively doubling from 1.2 million to 2.4 million. The Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA) is intended to amend code in order “to allow a credit against tax for charitable donations to nonprofit organizations providing education schol…

Educational Choice for Children Act Would Expand Private Scholarship Options for American Children

By Kathryn Hickok Groundbreaking, school choice legislation called the Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA) was included in the budget reconciliation bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives on May 22. ECCA would establish a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit for individual taxpayers who make voluntary donations to nonprofit, scholarship-granting organizations (SGOs). SGOs offer school choice to K-12 students through scholarships…