Archive: School Choice

  • The Open Enrollment Act March 15, 2013

    The Open Enrollment Act Summary The Open Enrollment Act stipulates that a student may attend any public school or program in the state. The legislation allows the parents of the student to apply for attendance in any nonresident school, either [...]

  • Education Savings Account Act March 15, 2013

    Education Savings Account Act Summary The Education Savings Account Act allows parents to use the funds that would have been allocated to their child at their resident school district for an education program of the parents’ choosing. Model Legislation Section [...]

  • The Special Needs Scholarship Program Act March 15, 2013

    The Special Needs Scholarship Program Act Summary The Special Needs Scholarship Program creates a scholarship program that provides students with special needs the option to attend the public or private elementary or secondary school of their parents’ choice. Model Legislation [...]

  • Parent Trigger Act March 15, 2013

    Parent Trigger Act Summary The Parent Trigger Act places democratic control into the hands of parents at school level. Parents can, with a simple majority, opt to usher in one of three choice-based options of reform: (1) transforming their school [...]

  • The Family Education Savings Account Act March 15, 2013

    The Family Education Savings Account Act Summary The Family Education Savings Account Act would create a tax deduction/credit for contributions made by state taxpayers into students’ Coverdell education savings accounts, which allow tax-free savings for both K-12 and higher education [...]

  • The Great Schools Tax Credit Program Act (Scholarship Tax Credits) March 15, 2013

    The Great Schools Tax Credit Program Act (Scholarship Tax Credits) Summary The Great Schools Tax Credit Program authorizes a tax credit for individual and corporate contributions to organizations that provide educational scholarships to eligible students so they can attend qualifying [...]

  • The Lifelong Learning Accounts Act March 15, 2013

    The Lifelong Learning Accounts Act Summary The Lifelong Learning Accounts Act would provide for the creation, administration, and operation of the Lifelong Learning Accounts (LiLAs) program. Under this program, participating employers match employee contributions into a LiLA, up to an [...]

  • The Parental Choice Scholarship Program Act (Means-Tested Eligibility) March 15, 2013

    The Parental Choice Scholarship Program Act (Means-Tested Eligibility) Summary The Parental Choice Scholarship Program Act creates a scholarship program that provides children from low- and middle-income families the option to attend the public or private elementary or secondary school of [...]

  • Taxpayers’ Savings Grants Act March 15, 2013

    Taxpayers’ Savings Grants Act Summary The Taxpayers’ Savings Grants Act establishes a program by which willing residents can opt to receive less public funding for their child’s education, in order to take that funding to a private school. The difference [...]

  • The Next Generation Charter Schools Act March 15, 2013

    The Next Generation Charter Schools Act Summary The State of [state] recognizes establishment of charter schools as necessary to improving the opportunities of all families to choose the public school that meets the needs of their children, and believes that [...]