Frequently Asked Questions about Pennsylvania's Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Vouchers for Private and Religious Schools

Autor/inn/en	Spicka, Susan; Henninger-Voss, Eugene
Institution	Keystone Research Center (KRC)
Titel	Frequently Asked Questions about Pennsylvania's Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and Vouchers for Private and Religious Schools
Quelle	(2022), (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Tax Credits; Educational Vouchers; Private Schools; Religious Schools; Elementary Secondary Education; Educational Finance; Pennsylvania + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Steuerermäßigung; Educational voucher; Bildungsgutschein; Private school; Privatschule; Bildungsfonds
Abstract	Pennsylvania has two programs that give tax money to private schools: the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EITC) and the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit (OSTC) programs. Each year, EITC and OSTC provide $230 million to private scholarship organizations, or "SOs," which award tuition vouchers to families whose children attend private and religious schools. Funding for K-12 private school vouchers via the EITC/OSTC programs has increased nearly twelvefold over the past two decades, yet Pennsylvania taxpayers know virtually nothing about who has benefited from these programs or that more than $1 billion in diverted tax dollars have been spent on K-12 private/religious school vouchers since 2001. They also know nothing about the academic outcomes of students who have received these vouchers. This "frequently asked questions" document focuses on the $230 million in funding for EITC and OSTC programs that provide vouchers to students who attend private/religious schools. [This report was co-produced by Education Voters of Pennsylvania.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	Keystone Research Center. 412 North Third Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101. Tel: 717-255-7181; Web site: http://keystoneresearch.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01