Scholarship Granting Organizations: Lessons from Pennsylvania
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Written by Neil Mellen
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Tuesday, 29 May 2007 18:11 |
In 2005, South Carolina lawmakers narrowly rejected a broad and ambitious school choice plan that promised to kick-start the nations lowest performing public K-12 system. Four years earlier, legislators in Pennsylvania adopted one of the key provisions of the defeated South Carolina bill: privately funded educational tax credits.
Data from the Pennsylvania experience clearly demonstrate that privately funded scholarships save taxpayers millions and promote system-wide academic achievement through the power of competition. They also facilitate greater business and community involvement in state and local educational issues.
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