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Private School Choice Accountability In State Tax Credit Scholarship Programs Report To Congressional Requesters
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Book Synopsis Private School Choice: Accountability in State Tax Credit Scholarship Programs : Report to Congressional Requesters by : United States. Government Accountability Office
Download or read book Private School Choice: Accountability in State Tax Credit Scholarship Programs : Report to Congressional Requesters written by United States. Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis School Choice by : US Government Accountability Office
Download or read book School Choice written by US Government Accountability Office and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voucher and education savings account (ESA) programs fund students' private school education expenses, such as tuition. In school year 2014-15, 22 such school choice programs were operating nationwide, all but one of which was state funded. Under two federal grant programs, one for students with disabilities and one for students from disadvantaged areas, districts are required to spend a proportionate amount of their federal funds to provide equitable services for eligible private school students, and this population includes eligible students in private school choice programs. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to review these topics. This report examines (1) participation in private school choice programs and the characteristics of students; (2) program requirements for participating private schools; and (3) how the Department of Education (Education) supports districts' efforts to deliver these federally funded services in the context of school choice programs. GAO reviewed relevant federal laws and regulations, surveyed all voucher and ESA programs as of fall 2015, and interviewed Education officials and other stakeholders. GAO also reviewed documents and interviewed state, public school district, and private school officials in a nongeneralizable sample of 10 private school choice programs in four states, selected to include programs with large enrollment and a range of eligibility criteria. The following are appended: (1) Objectives, Scope, and Methodology; (2) Private School Choice Programs' Use of Disability Status and Family Income to Determine Student Eligibility, as of School Year 2014-15; (3) Private Schools Participating in Voucher Programs; (4) Comments from the Department of Education; and (5) GAO Contact and Staff Acknowledgments.
Book Synopsis District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program by : Cornelia M. Ashby
Download or read book District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program written by Cornelia M. Ashby and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The D.C. School Choice Incentive Act created the first private kindergarten-through-grade-12 school-choice program supported by federal funds. The program was named the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to assess the (1) accountability mechanisms governing the use of funds; (2) results of the grantee's efforts to meet the program's recruiting priorities and eligibility requirements and inform parents of their choices; and (3) extent that the evaluation of OSP reflects statutory requirements and the implementation of the program supported the detection of useful and generalizable findings. To assess the program, GAO analyzed financial, program, and evaluation data. GAO did not assess the performance of participating private schools nor did GAO evaluate the impact of the program. The GAO recommends that the Secretary of Education should direct the grantee to improve internal controls, continue to integrate its financial systems, improve monitoring, and provide accurate information to parents. The Secretary and the Mayor of the District of Columbia should ensure participating schools are in compliance with District requirements. The Secretary should ensure that programs are implemented in accordance with any required evaluation. The entities providing comments on this report generally agreed with GAO's recommendations but disagreed with many findings. The following are appended: (1) Scope and Methodology; (2) Laws Authorizing Related Voucher Programs; (3) Comments from the Office of the Mayor of the District of Columbia; (4) Comments from the Department of Education; (5) Comments from the Washington Scholarship Fund; and (6) Contacts and Staff Acknowledgment. (Contains 10 tables and 26 footnotes.) [This report was produced by the US Government Accountability Office.].
Book Synopsis The Tax-Credit Scholarship Audit by : Martin F. Lueken
Download or read book The Tax-Credit Scholarship Audit written by Martin F. Lueken and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report follows up on previous work that examined the fiscal effects of private school voucher programs. It estimates the total fiscal effects of tax-credit scholarship programs--another type of private school choice program--on state governments, state and local taxpayers, and school districts combined. Based on a range of assumptions, these programs generated between $1.7 billion and $3.4 billion in taxpayer savings through the 2013-14 school year. That is equivalent to up to $3,000 per scholarship student. In general, tax-credit scholarships allow taxpayers to receive full or partial tax credits when they donate to nonprofits that provide students with private school scholarships. Eligible taxpayers can include both individuals and businesses. Some supporters of tax-credit scholarships argue that they give taxpayers more freedom than vouchers to support the types of education that align with their values and preferences. Vouchers, on the other hand, "compel taxpayers to financially support forms of education to which they may object." For the period covered in this analysis, there were 21 tax-credit scholarship programs operating in 17 states. Of those, the author added 10 (covering seven states) in this report. All but two of the programs analyzed are the largest in the country. In total, the 10 programs that were analyzed represent 93 percent of all scholarships awarded in tax-credit scholarship programs today. Programs analyzed in this report are: (1) Arizona Original Individual Income Tax Credit Scholarship Program; (2) Arizona Low-Income Corporate Income Tax Credit Scholarship Program; (3) Arizona Lexie's Law for Disabled and Displaced Students Tax Credit Scholarship Program; (4) Arizona "Switcher" Individual Income Tax Credit Scholarship Program; (5) Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program; (6) Georgia Qualified Education Expense Tax Credit; (7) Indiana School Scholarship Tax Credit; (8) Iowa School Tuition Organization Tax Credit; (9) Pennsylvania Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program; and (10) Rhode Island Tax Credits for Contributions to Scholarship Organizations. There are certain challenges and considerations that generally apply to evaluating the fiscal impact of any school choice program. Two key factors that apply to all programs: (1) variable costs per student, meaning those costs that are directly associated with a given student and that would not be spent if that student were not enrolled; and (2) the number of students who would have attended public schools without the financial assistance from the tax-credit scholarship program (aka "switchers"). In some states, there is also a third factor: (3) the proportion of scholarships that are given to students who receive more than one scholarship. Appended are: (1) Scholarships Awarded in Tax-Credit Scholarship Programs; (2) Surveying Scholarship Organizations; (3) Considerations and Complicating Factors; and (4) Tax-Credit Scholarship Program Tax Credit Caps.
Author :Florida. Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :16 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (126 download)
Book Synopsis OPPAGA by : Florida. Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability
Download or read book OPPAGA written by Florida. Office of Program Policy Analysis and Government Accountability and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book NeoVouchers written by Kevin G. Welner and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 2008-09-29 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While school vouchers have captured the headlines, a different policy has captured the students. Tuition tax credit laws are now entrenched in Arizona, Florida, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Iowa, and Georgia, and they affect far more students. Yet few people understand the nature of these policies or the political and legal issues surrounding them. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the structure, legality, and policy implications of tuition tax credits, which have garnered only scant attention even while expanding to cover more students than the voucher policies they're designed to emulate. At a time when tax credit policies are becoming a major form of American school choice, this book offers insights into both the strengths and weakness ofthe approach.
Book Synopsis District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program by : U.s. Government Accountability Office
Download or read book District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program written by U.s. Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " School vouchers, a school choice program designed to provide students with public funds to attend private schools, feature prominently in policy discussions about education reform. The OSP was reauthorized by Congress in 2011 by the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results Act, and has garnered national attention as the first federally-funded voucher program. Since the program's inception in 2004, Congress has provided almost $152 million for the program benefitting almost 5,000 students, currently providing scholarships of about $8,000 for grades K-8 and about $12,000 for grades 9-12. As requested, GAO examined (1) the extent to which the Trust provides information that enables families to make informed school choices, (2) whether the Trust's internal controls ensure accountability for OSP, and (3) how Education and District agencies responsible for overseeing OSP have performed their stated roles and responsibilities. To conduct this work, GAO visited 10 participating schools; interviewed school officials; conducted discussion groups with 14 parents of scholarship students; analyzed key program documents; reviewed generally accepted guiding documents for internal controls; and interviewed officials at Education, relevant District agencies, and the Trust. "
Book Synopsis NEPC Review: Fiscal Effects of School Choice by : Luis Alberto Huerta
Download or read book NEPC Review: Fiscal Effects of School Choice written by Luis Alberto Huerta and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advocates for increased privatization of public schools have long contended that private schools could provide equal or better outcomes at lesser costs. To bolster that argument, this EdChoice report asserts that voucher and voucher-like (tax credit scholarship and education savings account) programs have saved state and local treasuries some $12.4 to $28.3 billion dollars as student "switchers" use those programs to leave public schools and enter private schools. However, the reports's cost-saving estimates of private school choice programs are based on unfounded assumptions. In particular, the report uses speculative methods for estimating the number of switchers across programs and for determining resulting variable cost fluctuations. Such lax accountability standards mean that the number of switchers and estimated fiscal savings are based on conjecture. Consequently, the report's findings do not provide a sound base for policy decisions.
Book Synopsis The Fiscal Impact of a Corporate & Individual Tax Credit Scholarship Program on the State of Indiana. School Choice Issues in the State by : David Stuit
Download or read book The Fiscal Impact of a Corporate & Individual Tax Credit Scholarship Program on the State of Indiana. School Choice Issues in the State written by David Stuit and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indiana legislators are currently debating the merits of a proposal to adopt a statewide tuition scholarship tax credit program. The proposed program would make available $5 million in tax credits that businesses and individuals could claim by making donations to non-profit Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs). SGO donations would be matched at 50 percent, meaning that the state would provide a 50 cent tax credit for each dollar donated to a SGO. SGOs would in turn distribute scholarships for families to use towards private schooling costs. Eligibility for the program is restricted to students who were not enrolled in private schools in the previous school year and whose household income is at or below 200 percent of the federal free and reduced-price lunch program. Students who received a scholarship in the previous school year from a qualifying non-profit are also eligible. The purpose of this study is to project the impact of this program on the state's public education costs. It forecasts the immediate costs of the program in foregone state tax revenue and the potential cost savings that result if public school students use the scholarships to migrate to private schools. These estimations will allow policymakers and taxpayers to evaluate the merits of the policy in the context of its financial implications for the state. Findings reveal that the tax credit scholarship program will result in savings to the state, regardless of demand. The program is estimated to produce cost savings at any scholarship amount between $500 and $5,000. (Contains 4 figures, 10 tables, and 13 endnotes.) [This study was released jointly by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, the Alliance for School Choice, School Choice Indiana, Indiana Non-Public Education Association, Indiana Catholic Conference, Agudath Israel of America, and the Educational Choice Charitable Trust.].
Book Synopsis Education by the Numbers by : Susan L. Aud
Download or read book Education by the Numbers written by Susan L. Aud and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School choice programs, which allow students to attend the public or private school of their choice using public funds, have taken root in the U.S. and are growing rapidly both in number and size. Their fiscal impact has become an important political issue. Proponents say school choice saves money because private schooling is more efficient, producing savings for both public schools and state budgets. Meanwhile, opponents say school choice drains money from public schools. This study calculates the fiscal impact of every existing voucher and tax-credit scholarship program, in order to bring empirical evidence to bear on the debate over the fiscal impact of school choice. Of the 18 voucher and tax-credit scholarship programs in the United States, twelve began operations before the current school year and their fiscal impact can thus be assessed. Key findings include: (1) School choice programs have saved a total of about $444 million from 1990 to 2006, including a total of $22 million saved in state budgets and $422 million saved in local public school districts; (2) Every existing school choice program is at least fiscally neutral, and most produce a substantial savings; (3) In nearly every school choice program, the dollar value of the voucher or scholarship is less than or equal to the state's formula spending per student; (4) When a student uses school choice, the local public school district no longer needs to pay the instructional costs associated with that student, but it does not lose all of its per-student revenue, because some revenue does not vary with enrollment levels; and (5) Programs that offer vouchers or scholarships both to public school students and to students who did not previously attend public schools are now offering large enough dollar amounts to attract at least 25 percent of their participants from public school students. (Contains 17 tables, 1 figure and 21 endnotes.).
Book Synopsis The Fiscal Impact of Tax-Credit Scholarships in Montana. School Choice Issues in the State by : Brian Gottlob
Download or read book The Fiscal Impact of Tax-Credit Scholarships in Montana. School Choice Issues in the State written by Brian Gottlob and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many states have enacted or are considering proposals to give tax credits for contributions that provide tuition scholarships for students in K-12 schools to attend the private or public schools of their choice. This study seeks to inform the public and policymakers about the implications for Montana if the state were to enact such a program. The study constructs a model to determine the likely contributions that will be received, the level of participation in the program among families and students of different income levels, and the overall fiscal impact of tax-credit scholarships on state government and local school districts. In addition to expanding educational opportunity and improving the equity of the education system, a tax-credit scholarship program would generate significant fiscal benefits for local school districts by increasing the available resources for students who remain in public schools. Because much of their revenue does not vary with enrollment, school districts retain much of the funding associated with students who use scholarships to migrate from public to private schools. The overall impact on public schools is an increase in the financial resources available for each student who remains in a public school. Depending on how the program is designed, it could also result in fiscal savings to the state budget. Even if it does not produce a savings at the state level, overall costs will be significantly reduced because public school spending will go down as students leave with scholarships. (Contains 8 figures, 12 tables and 28 endnotes.) [This study was released jointly by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice and the Montana Family Foundation.].
Author :United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Publisher : ISBN 13 : Total Pages :136 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Value of Education Choices for Low-income Families by : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Download or read book The Value of Education Choices for Low-income Families written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Proposals to Establish a K-12 Scholarship Or Voucher Program in the District of Columbia by :
Download or read book Proposals to Establish a K-12 Scholarship Or Voucher Program in the District of Columbia written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 108th Congress, numerous proposals have been made to establish federal programs designed to increase parents' opportunities to choose the elementary and secondary schools their children attend. A few of these proposals would create new school choice programs specifically designed to serve parents and students in the District of Columbia. On December 8, 2003, the House agreed to the conference report (H.Rept. 108401) of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2004 (H.R. 2673) which among other things would authorize the establishment of a scholarship program in the District of Columbia under the DC School Choice Incentive Act of 2003. The bill would create a competitive grant program under which the Secretary of Education would award grants to eligible entities for the operation of one or more scholarship programs in the District of Columbia. Grantees would award scholarships (also commonly referred to as school vouchers) of up to $7,500 per academic year to elementary and secondary school students, who are residents of the District of Columbia and whose family income does not exceed 185% of the poverty level, to enable them to attend private schools located in the District of Columbia. For FY2004, $14 million would be provided to fund and administer the program. At present, the Senate has not voted on the conference report. Previously, the House and Senate considered establishing a scholarship program in the District of Columbia as part of FY2004 appropriations bills for the District of Columbia (H.R. 2765, S. 1583, and S.Amdt. 1783) or a separate bill reported by a House Committee (H.R. 2556). This report identifies and briefly discusses some of the issues that have led to a new federally funded school choice program being considered as a policy option for elementary and secondary education in the District of Columbia. It provides a brief description of the proposed scholarship program. The report then identifies and analyzes a number of policy issues that the 108th Congress may consider as it debates the proposal. Significant policy issues discussed in the report include: the potential effect of the proposed program on school choice in the District of Columbia; the potential of the program to affect the distribution of federal and local education funding in the District of Columbia; how nondiscrimination and civil rights laws might apply to grantees and participating schools; and how accountability of the program would be assured. This report will be updated consistent with significant legislative activity.
Book Synopsis Tax Credit Scholarship Programs and the Changing Ecology of Public Education by : Hillel Y. Levin
Download or read book Tax Credit Scholarship Programs and the Changing Ecology of Public Education written by Hillel Y. Levin and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The traditional model of public education continues to be challenged by advocates of school choice. Typically associated with charter schools, magnet schools, and tuition voucher programs, these advocates have recently introduced a new school choice plan, namely tax credit scholarship programs. More than a dozen states have adopted such programs, and hundreds of millions of dollars are now diverted each year from public programs to private schools. These programs are poorly-understood and under-studied by legal scholars. This Article assesses the place of these programs within the ecology of public education, considers the fundamentally different approaches states have taken to these programs, identifies some critical questions and problems with them, and proposes a set of best practices for states to follow in designing and implementing them. The Companion Article for this paper are available at the following URL: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2268538.
Book Synopsis Competitive Effects of Means-Tested School Vouchers. Working Paper 46 by : David N. Figlio
Download or read book Competitive Effects of Means-Tested School Vouchers. Working Paper 46 written by David N. Figlio and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Voucher options like tuition tax credit-funded scholarship programs have become increasingly popular in recent years. One argument for such school choice policies is that public schools will improve the quality of education they offer when faced with competition for their students. This study examines the effects of private school competition on public school students' test scores in the wake of Florida's Corporate Tax Credit Scholarship program (now the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program) which offered scholarships to eligible low-income students to attend private schools. The authors examine whether students in public schools that were exposed to a more competitive private school landscape saw greater improvements in their students' test scores after the introduction of the scholarship program, than did students in schools that faced less competition. The degree of competition is characterized by several geo-coded variables that capture students' ease of access to private schools, and the variety of nearby private school options available to students. Findings show greater degrees of competition are associated with greater improvements in students' test scores following the introduction of the program. The findings are not an artifact of pre-policy trends; the degree of competition from nearby private schools matters only after the announcement of the new program, which makes nearby private competitors more affordable for eligible students. Also, schools that we would expect to be most sensitive to competitive pressure see larger improvements in their test scores as a result of increased competition. The findings suggest that means-tested voucher and scholarship programs may be an effective way of improving educational outcomes for low-income students. (Contains 8 tables, 14 figures and 18 footnotes.).
Author :United States Government Accountability Office Publisher :Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN 13 :9781976371509 Total Pages :98 pages Book Rating :4.3/5 (715 download)
Book Synopsis District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program by : United States Government Accountability Office
Download or read book District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program written by United States Government Accountability Office and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Act created the first private kindergarten-through-grade-12 school-choice program supported by federal funds. The program was named the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP). GAO was asked to assess the (1) accountability mechanisms governing the use of funds, (2) results of the grantee's efforts to meet the program's recruiting priorities and eligibility requirements and inform parents of their choices, and (3) extent that the evaluation of OSP reflects statutory requirements and the implementation of the program supported the detection of useful and generalizable findings. To assess the program, GAO analyzed financial, program, and evaluation data. GAO did not assess the performance of participating private schools nor did GAO evaluate the impact of the program.
Book Synopsis Funding School Choice by : Greg Forster
Download or read book Funding School Choice written by Greg Forster and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many states are considering a form a school choice known as "tax-credit scholarships," which currently provide school choice to almost 60,000 students in Arizona, Florida and Pennsylvania, which and have just been enacted in Iowa. This guide shows how tax-credit scholarships work and introduces the scholarship granting organizations that administer them. (Contains 13 endnotes.).
