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Effingham County committee advances nonbinding referendum on federal scholarship tax credit
Summary
A county committee voted to forward a standardized, nonbinding referendum question to the March 17 primary ballot asking whether Illinois should opt into a federal scholarship tax credit program that would allow private donations for K–12 academic needs to be claimed on federal taxes up to $1,700 per year.
At a meeting of the Effingham County Board committee, members voted to forward a standardized nonbinding referendum question to the March 17 primary ballot asking whether Illinois should opt into a federal scholarship tax credit program that would allow donors to claim up to $1,700 per year on federal taxes for private donations to support K–12 academic needs.
The referendum would ask voters: “Should Illinois opt into a federal program that would provide public K‑12, private school, and homeschool students with privately donated funds for academic needs, such as tutoring, test preparation, educational therapies for students with disabilities, tuition, books, exam fees, or other specified academic needs?” Committee members described the question as standardized wording being circulated to…
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