Tax credit for private schooling push
From wnbc.com:
Catholic churches statewide are planning to blitz Albany like never before with up to 1.5 million postcards calling for a tax credit to offset religious- and private-school tuition.
The effort would also provide tax credits for families with children in public schools and for all public- and private-school teachers to offset classroom expenses.
Supporters emphasize this isn't a voucher program, in which some states have allowed families to apply government per-pupil funding toward nonpublic school tuition.
The proposals would provide a tax credit of up to $3,000 a year for a family with two or more children in school or in home school.
Credits would decrease as the household income increases above $40,000.
The tax credit would be used against a family's cost for books and other classroom supplies or to compensate for tuition at Catholic, Jewish,..
The proposal would also provide public and private school teachers a tax credit of up to $250 a year for classroom supplies they pay for themselves...
Don't spend the money just yet. Your tuition bill will just go up.
Catholic churches statewide are planning to blitz Albany like never before with up to 1.5 million postcards calling for a tax credit to offset religious- and private-school tuition.
The effort would also provide tax credits for families with children in public schools and for all public- and private-school teachers to offset classroom expenses.
Supporters emphasize this isn't a voucher program, in which some states have allowed families to apply government per-pupil funding toward nonpublic school tuition.
The proposals would provide a tax credit of up to $3,000 a year for a family with two or more children in school or in home school.
Credits would decrease as the household income increases above $40,000.
The tax credit would be used against a family's cost for books and other classroom supplies or to compensate for tuition at Catholic, Jewish,..
The proposal would also provide public and private school teachers a tax credit of up to $250 a year for classroom supplies they pay for themselves...
Don't spend the money just yet. Your tuition bill will just go up.
1 Comments:
Finally a program that could gain widespread public support as it includes nearly every family.
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