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S. 4284 116th Congress Senate

School Choice Now Act

Official title: A bill to provide for emergency education freedom grants, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish tax credits to encourage individual and corpo… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to provide for emergency education freedom grants, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish tax credits to encourage individual and corporate taxpayers to contribute to scholarships for students through eligible scholarship-granting organizations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: August 11, 2020 Introduced by: Tim Scott Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
Taxation American SamoaCorporate finance and managementEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary education
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It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Jul 22, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 Latest action July 22, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

School Choice Now Act

This bill allows the Department of Education (ED) to establish an emergency education freedom grant program to assistance families with education expenses and prevent closures of private schools. It also allows tax credits for contributions to scholarship-granting organizations that provide assistance to families for private school tuition and home-schooling expenses.

The Department of the Treasury, in coordination with ED, must establish, host, and maintain a web portal that lists all eligible scholarship-granting programs and provides other specified information.

 Related & companion bills 4
  • HR 1434 Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act
  • S 4537 RECOVERY Act
  • S 4505 Coronavirus Emergency Education Grants Act
  • S 4775 Delivering Immediate Relief to America’s Families, Schools and Small Businesses Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Republican 5
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Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Sep 29, 2020
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Aug 11, 2020
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Young, Todd
Indiana · Aug 11, 2020
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Cornyn, John
Texas · Jul 28, 2020
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Cruz, Ted
Texas · Jul 22, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4284: School Choice Now Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4284/
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