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Committee debate stalls on returning federal scholarship tax-credit measure to full board

Will County Finance Committee · January 8, 2026
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Summary

Vice Chair (Speaker 6) urged the committee to forward a resolution supporting a federal scholarship tax-credit (SGO) and to pursue placing a referendum on the ballot; other members raised equity and timing concerns and the executive committee previously declined to move the measure forward, so no vote was taken.

An off-agenda discussion about a federal scholarship tax-credit program (student scholarship organization, or SGO) produced a substantive exchange but no formal action.

Vice Chair (Speaker 6) urged the committee to reconsider and send a resolution supporting the federal scholarship tax-credit to the full board and, if possible, place a referendum on a ballot. "We have an opportunity to help the children in this state to…

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