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Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act

Introduced: February 28, 2019 Introduced by: Cruz, Ted Republican · Texas See on congress.gov

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Feb 28, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Feb 28, 2019

Introduced in Senate

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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.

What's happening now February 28, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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