2013 2011 The Wall Street Journal calls 2011 “The Year of School Choice.”
2007 Georgia and Rhode Island each create private school choice programs—a special needs voucher program and a means-tested scholarship tax credit program, respectively.
Seven new programs are enacted, including Indiana’s Choice Scholarship Program, Wisconsin’s Racine Parental Choice Program, and Ohio’s Jon Peterson Special Needs Scholarship Program.
2012
The Georgia Scholarship Tax Credit Program is enacted, and a New Orleans scholarship program is enacted in Louisiana.
Louisiana expands its Student Scholarships for Educational Excellence program statewide and enacts a scholarship tax rebate program.
Indiana creates a scholarship tax credit program and Arizona’s Lexie’s Law transitions into a scholarship tax credit program.
2010 Louisiana and Oklahoma each enact special needs voucher programs.
Eight new programs were enacted and six programs were expanded, improved, or strengthened. Highlights included: Alabama, Arizona, Indiana, Louisiana, Indiana
In addition, 11 programs are expanded, including the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program.
2008
2009
There are now 39 private school choice programs in 18 states and the District of Columbia, serving nearly 309,000 children.
Pennsylvania expands its Educational Improvement Tax Credit program and creates the Educational Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit. Arizona expands its educational savings account program and its individual scholarship tax credit program. Mississippi, Virginia, and New Hampshire create new private school choice programs, and Florida and Ohio strengthen existing programs.
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