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Some Members of Congress want to sneak a $100 billion private school voucher program into a priority tax package aimed at cutting taxes. The Educational Choice for Children Act would create a national, federal voucher program and funnel $10 billion per year in taxpayer money to private schools and families who homeschool. Get the fast facts.
In-Depth ECCA Analysis
How will these proposals harm public school students? Read our in depth analysis on how vouchers divert critical federal dollars away from the 49.6 million public students in the United States.
A Voucher & A Tax Shelter? Yes
A new ITEP report shows how ECCA would use the tax code to privilege nonprofit organizations that give out private K-12 school vouchers over all other nonprofits by reimbursing donors to voucher-bundling groups, in full, with an unprecedented dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit. Contributors would also be able to reduce their taxes further by contributing corporate stock and avoiding capital gains tax. This would allow wealthy “donors” to turn a profit, at taxpayer expense, by acting as middlemen in steering federal funding into private K-12 schools.
