Arizona House Moves to Improve Tuition Tax Credit Program

March 10th, 2010 · Blog, For Donors, For Parents, For Schools, Legislation, Media



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Arizona House moves to improve tuition tax credit program
by Matthew Ladner, Ph.D.

Through the magic of public access television, I recently watched debate before the state House of Representatives on bills to reform the tuition scholarship tax credit program. I’m happy to report that legislators engaged in a substantive discussion and adopted amendments from both parties…

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2010 School Choice Day!

March 5th, 2010 · Blog, For Donors, For Parents, For Schools, Legislation, Media

2010 School Choice Day
March 23, 2010
11:00 am – 2:00pm

Join the Arizona STO Association (ASTOA) and its members and supporters on the Senate Lawn at the Arizona State Capital to celebrate and show support for Arizona’s many school choice programs…

School Choice Day Flyer Click here for a flyer!

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K-12 Education Tax Credits Save Millions

November 24th, 2009 · Blog, For Donors, For Parents, For Schools, Media

Posted by Andrew J. Coulson

The latest fiscal impact review of Arizona’s scholarship tax credit programs estimates that they saved between $44 million and $186 million last year. The programs offer individuals and businesses dollar-for-dollar tax credits if they make donations to non-profit K-12 scholarship-granting organizations. Those organizations, in turn, provide private school tuition assistance.

This is much higher than the savings estimate offered by the Arizona Republic last month, as the AZ Republic story linked above is quick to point out. I deal with the reasons for the discrepancy below, but first, here’s the crucial fact…

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Tuition Tax Credit Saves At Least Twice What It Costs State

November 23rd, 2009 · Blog, For Donors, For Parents, For Schools, Media



GOLDWATER INSTITUTE DAILY – NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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Tuition Tax Credit Saves At Least Twice What It Costs State
by Matthew Ladner, Ph.D.

Baylor University economist Dr. Charles North developed an estimate of the savings to state taxpayers due to the individual tax credit, and shared his findings with the Arizona Legislature last week. You can find Dr. North’s analysis here and view his testimony to the Ad Hoc Committee on…

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Listen to 2nd Meeting of the Private School Tax Credit Review Committee

November 17th, 2009 · Blog, For Donors, For Parents, For Schools, Legislation, Media


As a follow up to a recent blog post, a recording of the 2nd Private School Tax Credit Review Committee Meeting that was held on November 16, 2009 can be found here.

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CAP School Choice Press Release

September 21st, 2009 · Blog, For Donors, For Parents, For Schools, Media


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School Choice Working Group Plans Improvements to the Individual Scholarship Tax Credit Program

School choice proponents today announced their intention to work with the newly- announced Arizona House of Representatives Private School Tuition Tax Credit Review Committee in the formulation of a bold and ambitious policy proposal that will improve and enhance the…

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CAP: School Choice – As Important As Ever!

August 17th, 2009 · Blog, For Donors, For Parents, For Schools, Media

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Recently, two Phoenix-area newspapers launched vicious attacks on Arizona’s school choice programs. Both the Arizona Republic and the East Valley Tribune published articles “investigating” school tuition organizations that provide scholarships for children to attend the schools of their parents’ choosing. The articles claim that school choice programs only benefit the wealthy while doing nothing to help the poor.

The truth these articles conveniently omit is that, regardless of the income levels of the recipients, these programs save the state money – leaving more money, not less for public education. The programs also benefit…

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