Tagged: School Choice

The New Hampshire Senate passed a bill sponsored by school choice advocates that would create a tax credit for businesses that donate to scholarship organizations.

Many public school educators oppose the measure saying that it would sap schools of already scarce resources, but opponents in the senate tried to block the bill by calling into question its constitutionality.

Under the proposed program, businesses that donate to scholarship organizations for high school students would get a tax break. Its backers say the state would make the lost tax dollars back because it would save money for every student who left public schools for private ones.

Many proposals encouraging educational choice are pending in Concord this year. One with strong backing would use tax credits to encourage businesses to pay for school scholarships.

Critics say this would starve public schools of much needed funding, but supporters say this is a way to give students more options while avoiding constitutional concerns that have doomed past proposals for school vouchers.

Republican Senator Jim Forsythe from Strafford believes in school choice. If you ask him why he thinks this bill is good for New Hampshire he'll tell you all about the good that choice can do.