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Title: Why a Federal Tax-Credit Scholarship Program Will Not Advance School Choice in America. Backgrounder. No. 3395
Language: English
Authors: Burke, Lindsey M., Michel, Adam N., Heritage Foundation
Source: Heritage Foundation. 2019.
Availability: Heritage Foundation. 214 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20002-4999. Tel: 202-546-4400; Fax: 202-546-8328; e-mail: info@heritage.org; Web site: http://www.heritage.org
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Page Count: 7
Publication Date: 2019
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Tax Credits, Scholarships, School Choice, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Federal Government, Educational Policy, Federal Aid, Private Schools, Federal Regulation, Barriers, State Government, Government Role
Abstract: In March 2019, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) introduced a proposal to establish a new, nationwide federal tax-credit scholarship program. Representative Bradley Byrne (R-AL) introduced a companion proposal in the House. Although Congress' support of school choice is praiseworthy, a federal tax-credit scholarship program poses a threat to education choice in the states, and undermines the goal of a streamlined federal tax code. The federal government does not have the constitutional authority to create such a program, which would establish massive new federal spending and would likely subject private schools to future regulations from an Administration and Congress less friendly to education choice. State governments do have the constitutional authority to enact school choice policies, and have been the catalyst for the impressive growth in school choice over the past two decades in the United States.
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