Nirvi Shah (@nirvishah.bsky.social)

What’s a tax credit scholarship? The details behind the first national school voucher program After decades of trying, conservatives this year succeeded in creating the first national school voucher program. The Republican megabill that President Donald Trump signed into law in July will establish new tax credit scholarships for families to use at private schools, including religious ones — a long-held goal of school privatization advocates who argue parents should get taxpayer support if they want to opt out of their neighborhood school. Under the “big, beautiful bill,” donors can receive dollar-for-dollar tax credits of up to $1,700 for contributions to scholarship-granting nonprofits. Those groups then distribute the money to families seeking help paying for private school, tutoring and other educational expenses. https://hechingerreport.org/whats-a-tax-credit-scholarship-the-details-behind-the-first-national-school-voucher-program/?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=jetpack_social