Legislature overrides veto of federal tax credit scholarship program

Legislature overrides veto of federal tax credit scholarship program

Kansas is joining 28 other states in the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program after the Kansas Legislature overrode Governor Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill directing Kansas to take part in the program. Similar to the Kansas Low Income Students Tax Credit Scholarship program, the federal program, which begins in 2027, allows individuals to donate to scholarship-granting organizations (SGOs) and receive a dollar-for-dollar tax credit (up to $1,700…

KS Gov. Kelly vetoes additional funding for tax credit scholarship program

(The Sentinel) – Governor Laura Kelly recently vetoed a bill that would have expanded the Kansas Low Income Students Tax Credit Scholarship program by $5 million. HB 2468 would have authorized the state of Kansas to participate in the federal tax credit scholarship program for contributions of individuals to scholarship-granting organizations and would increase the aggregate credit limit on the state’s Tax Credit for Low Income Scholarship Stude…