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UNITED STATES, JUL 14 – The program offers up to $1,700 in tax credits for donations to scholarship organizations, requiring states to opt in and potentially impacting public school funding, officials said.
- Amid passage of a major reconciliation bill, President Donald Trump enacted the national private school voucher program into law as part of a massive package.
- Introduced on Jan. 31, the measure earned approval from the House Ways and Means Committee on May 14 before joining the reconciliation bill.
- Allocating up to $1,700 in tax credits, the law lets households earning up to 300% of area median gross income fund K-12 tuition, tutoring, technology and transportation.
- Following the signing, the administration drew heat for withholding $6.8 billion in K-12 funds while Republicans praised school choice.
- States can opt in, and with the program taking effect in the 2027 tax year, they have until 2026 to set up scholarship-granting organizations for over 138 million potential beneficiaries.
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Trump’s school voucher law raises questions in Hawaii
The country’s first-ever federal tax-credit school voucher program gives states the opportunity to opt in, but that decision is not so straightforward in Hawaii. Under President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending package, individuals and businesses can receive a 100% federal tax credit — capped at $1,700 per individual — for donations to nonprofit Scholarship Granting Organizations, which then award private school scholarships to K–12 stud…
Federal voucher plan in Trump megabill is big win for school choice, but critics see threat to public education
WASHINGTON – A tax credit for private school tuition, tucked into President Donald Trump’s megabill, marks the first such federal subsidy for taxpayers. Supporters say it will give parents more freedom to choose their child’s education. Critics see a tax break for the wealthy that will undermine public schools. The new law allows a taxpayer to donate up to $1,700 to a nonprofit scholarship organization and subtract that amount from whatever they…
New national school voucher program included in the "great and beautiful" law, without cost limit By: Shauneen Miranda-MN Reformer The national school voucher program for private schools is already law, although the free choice of school initiative is accompanied by an important caveat. States can also choose whether or not to participate. It is a setback for advocates who expected the program, included in the mega-draft tax and spending cuts bi…
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