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Tell your legislator it's "game over" for Illinois' voucher program!</a>
Undermining Public Education Illinois Families for Public Schools Undermining Public Education Illinois Families for Public Schools

Tell your legislator it's "game over" for Illinois' voucher program!

Illinois Families for Public Schools is calling for the Invest in Kids program to end permanently, along with more than 50 other state and local organizations. Vouchers harm the public good in a variety of ways: they violate the fundamental principle of the separation of church and state. They divert public dollars from our already underfunded Illinois public schools. Research shows that they do not improve academic outcomes for children who receive vouchers. And we know that voucher schools in Illinois are discriminating on the basis of religion, disability status, LGBTQ+ status and more---that's not what education equity looks like!

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Tell NC Lawmakers: Time to Deliver the Funding Our Children are Owed!</a>
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Tell NC Lawmakers: Time to Deliver the Funding Our Children are Owed!

While the Leandro plan remains unfunded, legislators are proposing another round of income tax cuts for the wealthy and a massive expansion of the current private school voucher programs. These programs will disproportionately benefit wealthy families while hampering opportunities for families living in poverty.

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Letter to IRS on Section 1001 Regulation in 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan
Types of Vouchers National Education Association Types of Vouchers National Education Association

Letter to IRS on Section 1001 Regulation in 2023-2024 Priority Guidance Plan

The National Education Association and partners wrote a letter urging that the IRS return to the work it left unfinished in 2019 when it issued final regulations on “Contributions in Exchange for State or Local Tax Credits” (RIN: 1545-BO89). Specifically, they suggest that the IRS issue a regulation clarifying the following:

A contribution of property in exchange for a 100 percent tax credit should be treated as equivalent to a sale at market value (“other disposition of property” under IRC section 1001) and the taxpayer should either owe tax on the portion of that sale that represents a gain, or recognize a loss if appropriate. When the contribution is made in exchange for a tax credit worth less than 100 percent of the amount donated, the transaction should be treated as part gift and part sale.

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Joint Letter re “Lifeline Scholarship” Proposal</a>
Types of Vouchers Education Law Center Pennsylvania Types of Vouchers Education Law Center Pennsylvania

Joint Letter re “Lifeline Scholarship” Proposal

The Education Law Center-PA, PSEA, AFT-Pennsylvania, AFL-CIO, AFSCME, SEIU, SEIU 32BJ, UFCW 1776, and the Pennsylvania Building and Construction Trades Council on behalf of their members wrote a letter to the Shapiro administration conveying deep concern and complete opposition to the idea of implementing any school voucher program in Pennsylvania, whether it is called “lifeline scholarships” or anything else

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Letter re SB 795 Private School Vouchers</a>
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Letter re SB 795 Private School Vouchers

The Education Law Center-PA wrote this letter urging the senate to reject SB 795. Funding private schools with public dollars, as this bill proposes, will not move the Commonwealth a single dollar closer to its constitutional mandate, which is to support and maintain a contemporary, effective public education system accessible to every child in the Commonwealth, regardless of their school district’s local wealth. In fact, it does the opposite, redirecting funds away from public schools and making compliance with the court ruling harder to achieve.

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