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S. 634 116th Congress Senate

Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act

Official title: A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to establish tax credits to encourage individual and corporate taxpayers to contribute to scholarships for st… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill 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 eligible workforce training organizations, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 28, 2019 Introduced by: Ted Cruz Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
Taxation Charitable contributionsElementary and secondary educationEmployment and training programsGovernment information and archives
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Higher educationIncome tax creditsSocial work, volunteer service, charitable organizationsStudent aid and college costsVocational and technical education
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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 Latest action February 28, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act

This bill allows individual and corporate taxpayers a tax credit for cash contributions to certain scholarship-granting and workforce training organizations. It imposes a cap of $10 billion on the sum of contributions that qualify for a tax credit under this bill.

The bill requires the Department of Education, in coordination with the Departments of the Treasury and Labor, to establish, host, and maintain a web portal that (1) lists all eligible scholarship-granting and workforce training organizations; (2) enables contributions to such organizations; (3) provides information about the benefits of this bill; and (4) enables a state to submit and update information about its programs and educational organizations, including information on student eligibility and allowable educational expenses.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 1434 Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Republican 10
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Cramer, Kevin
North Dakota · Feb 13, 2020
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Scott, Rick
Florida · Jan 8, 2020
Burr, Richard
· Nov 21, 2019
 R
Blackburn, Marsha
Tennessee · Sep 23, 2019
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Boozman, John
Arkansas · Jul 9, 2019
 R
Cassidy, Bill
Louisiana · Apr 30, 2019
 R
Young, Todd
Indiana · Apr 10, 2019
 R
Lankford, James
Oklahoma · Mar 11, 2019
 R
Cotton, Tom
Arkansas · Feb 28, 2019
 R
Ernst, Joni
Iowa · Feb 28, 2019
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Scott, Tim
South Carolina · Feb 28, 2019
Toomey, Patrick
· Feb 28, 2019
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