Posted on 08/24/2025 4:03:10 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Hardly anyone is talking about it, but Congress has just passed one of the most consequential education reforms in history.
Tucked into the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is a provision that could transform how families access education, reshape the politics of schooling, and finally give parents the power to direct their children’s learning. The legislation establishes a first-of-its-kind federal tax credit scholarship program, open to all types of educational settings. Beginning in 2027, people will be able to claim a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit, up to $1,700 annually, for donations to educational nonprofit groups that fund K–12 scholarships for low- and middle-income students. The scholarships are designed to be flexible, meeting the wide-ranging needs of modern families. Parents can use them for tuition, tutoring, books, uniforms, transportation, educational technology, or special-needs services. And because they are classified as tax-free for recipients, the scholarships will provide real, immediate support rather than burdensome paperwork.
It is not a small pilot program or a symbolic gesture but a structural shift. Federal law now recognizes that parents, not bureaucrats, should hold the reins of their children’s education. Remarkably, this sweeping change has been barely discussed in the media, as if the country doesn’t realize a quiet revolution has already begun.
The path to passage has been a long one. For nearly a decade, the American Federation for Children, the nation’s leading school choice advocacy group, has been pushing for such a measure. Tommy Schultz, AFC’s CEO, reflected on the journey: “AFC played the lead role in the advocacy efforts of the federal tax credit scholarship for the last 8 years. Once President-elect Donald J. Trump selected AFC’s board chair, Betsy DeVos,...
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What a concept.
In before the anti OBBB nuts
Be careful. All the Judges suffer from Boasbergers Syndrome will not be happy with more individual freedom, especially freedom from the government indoctrination centers.
Aha! Re-establishing slavery, I see!
This is a deduction for donating cash to a 503 non profit that gives out K-12 scholarships to private schools?
Deductible regardless of whether you itemize or use the standard deduction?
How about abolish public school education along with property taxes and make schools and education privately owned. You can keep your home without paying to own it and education will be true, not government mandated. Dewey, spin in your grave, bastard.
Okay, count me in as one not in favor of these Rube Goldberg-style payouts via tax credit.
But I understand the frustration with our horrible public schools—and don’t think anyone should send their kids there.
“This is a deduction for donating cash to a 503 non profit that gives out K-12 scholarships to private schools?
Deductible regardless of whether you itemize or use the standard deduction?”
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The article says it is a federal tax credit, not just a deduction. Big, and better, difference.
Ah, got it. Thank you.
Exactly.
Exactly.
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