TAKE ACTION NOW: CALL YOUR STATE SENATOR URGE THEM TO REJECT SB 509: (leave a voicemail), then follow up with an email from your personal email address!
SB 509 is a $75 million voucher scheme bill. Parents of students attending accredited private schools are eligible for a refundable tax credit that is approximately $3,816 per student (75% of BASE) while students attending unaccredited private schools are eligible for approx. $2,544 (50% of BASE).
The $75 million cap added in committee is only temporary. The original fiscal note estimated it to cost $250 million. This is all new money, as none of these students are included in the current student count. Make no mistake: This is a taxpayer-funded subsidy of nonpublic, unaccountable, and often for-profit schools instead of using that $75 million to fully fund SPED.
