Education Tax Credits: Empower Families with Direct Funding
December 18, 2023
Every kid has unique needs and talents. Starting from that basic premise, education should meet every kid where they are. Unfortunately, too many families lack access to their best-fit option today, but a simple and familiar idea can help ensure every family finds the education that works for them. And families are excited about it. In just the first two-and-a-half days of the open application period for Oklahoma’s universal, refundable tax credit – the first program like it in the nation – the state received applications for nearly 30,000 kids. These came from about 18,000 families looking to select the…
How GOP candidates can win on education
October 6, 2023
Unbundle public schooling through direct funding, increased access by Craig Hulse, first published in the Washington Times on October 3, 2023 2023 has been a banner year for education freedom, with nearly all families in nine states now empowered to direct education funding in a way that best meets their kids’ needs. These state laboratories of democracy are innovating, and voters are responding. With all this progress, it’s no surprise that Republicans are seen as more trustworthy than Democrats on education — a development that will have major implications for next year’s presidential election. Given vast support for expanding educational…
Florida is Poised to Lead Education Freedom
March 15, 2023
Across the country, governors are signing transformational education legislation that empower families to direct education funding for their children. In the last three months, Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders have chosen to truly put families first, and Gov. DeSantis could be next. So far, five states have created universal Education Savings Account programs, and other states are following suit with new and innovative policy solutions to put families in the driver’s seat of their children’s educational experiences. Florida could continue this trend by leading the movement of customized, transformational education opportunities…
