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House rejects substitute tax-credit plan for private-school tuition after heated debate
Summary
A proposal to let local school boards offer tax credits for private-school tuition was debated at length; lawmakers considered pilot-program language and geographic limits but ultimately the House voted the measure down.
The House took up Sub. Senate Bill 61, a measure intended to allow local school boards to use an income-tax credit mechanism to help districts manage enrollment and reduce class sizes by enabling parents to send students to private schools with a partial tax credit.
Representative Christian Alexander introduced the substitute and framed the bill as an optional local tool: school boards would decide whether to offer credits and at what level, subject to prescribed limits (the credit could not exceed the weighted…
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