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Board to place advisory referendum on federal scholarship tax credit before Madison County voters

Madison County Board · February 21, 2026
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Summary

The government relations committee won board approval to place an advisory referendum on the primary ballot asking whether Illinois should opt into a federal tax credit scholarship program that would create scholarship pools for K–12 students (public, private or homeschool).

The Madison County Board voted to put an advisory referendum before county voters asking whether Illinois should opt into a federal tax credit scholarship program that would create scholarship funds to support K–12 students’ academic needs.

Miss Wiley read the referendum language presented by the government relations committee: if Illinois opts into the federal program,…

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