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| 2005 School Choice Legislation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Arizona | Senate Bill 1176 Vetoed. Negotiations continue. | Corporate-tax-credit scholarships worth $3,500 each in first year, capped at $5 million total in first year. |
House Bill 2625 Passed in House. Failed in Senate. | School vouchers for every student wanting to use them. | |
| Indiana | Senate Bill 281, House Bill 1009 Failed in House committee. | Similar bills providing vouchers for students in low-achieving schools; amounts based on private school tuition or per-student spending in district, whichever is less. A plan passed expanding tuition tax credits for students who attend private schools. |
| Missouri | House Bill 639 Failed to receive floor vote. | Corporate and individual tax-credit scholarships worth up to $4,000 for about 10,000 students who have 1.9 or lower grade-point averages, have been removed from public schools, whose parents have been incarcerated, or who meet poverty guidelines. |
| Ohio | House Bill 66 Senate, House voucher plans passed in each chamber’s budget blueprint; plans may be merged in final state budget. | House would provide vouchers of $4,000 to $5,000 for about 18,000 students in some 30 low-rated districts; would expand Cleveland vouchers into 11th and 12th grades. Senate would offer $4,200 to $5,000 vouchers to about 10,000 students in some 70 low-rated schools; raises Cleveland vouchers to $3,450 in all grades. |
| South Carolina | House Bill 3652 Amended and tabled. | Tuition tax credits for families enrolling students in private schools and corporate-ax-credit scholarships, both proposed by Gov. Mark Sanford for use in private schools. |
| Texas | House Bill 1263 Failed in floor vote. | A pilot school choice program to offer vouchers in urban districts. |
| Utah | House Bill 249 Passed. Signed into law in March. | Carson Smith Special Needs Scholarships, worth up to $5,700 each, for students with disabilities. |
| SOURCE: Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation, Alliance for School Choice, Ohio Federation of Teachers, Missouri Coalition for School Choice, and Education Week | ||
