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Committee lays over bill to offer advance payments and curb fraud in K‑12 tutoring tax credit
Summary
Representatives discussed House File 779, which would allow low‑income families to receive an advance of up to half a K‑12 education tax credit and end an assignment program that has been used in recent fraud schemes; committee laid the bill over for further work and a fiscal note.
The Education Finance Committee laid over House File 779 for possible inclusion in an omnibus bill after testimony and member questions about fraud uncovered in the K‑12 tax credit program, program design and operational details.
Chair Krisha introduced the bill as a response to reporting that families were recruited into arrangements where providers billed the K‑12 education tax credit for tutoring that was substandard or never delivered. The bill would give qualifying lower‑income families the option of taking an advance payment equal to up to half of the eligible education tax credit and…
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