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Committee hears support for expanding school scholarship tax credits to 3‑year‑olds and for flexible scholarship fund use
Summary
Witnesses told the committee House Bill 13‑26 would expand eligibility for SGO tax credit scholarships to age‑3 preschoolers and give the Commission for Higher Education flexibility to use excess scholarship funds for teacher pipeline programs; proponents said the changes promote early literacy and the teacher pipeline.
Witnesses from scholarship granting organizations, nonpublic schools and the Indiana State Teachers Association testified in favor of House Bill 13‑26, which would expand eligibility for School Granting Organization (SGO) tax‑credit scholarships and allow administrative flexibility to shift unspent scholarship funds to teacher pipeline scholarships.
Representative Heine presented the bill on behalf of Senator Brown. The proposal would lower the age at which a child qualifies for an SGO scholarship from 4 to 3 and would permit the Commission for Higher Education to use balances remaining after awarding Next…
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