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Congress passed a national school choice program, but will states participate?

Congress enacted a national school choice program tucked into the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, with no specific signing date provided.
Congress designed the program so that state governments decide whether to participate, and the law authorizes a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit for individual donations up to the $1,700 annual donation limit.
Donations will fund scholarships for low- and middle-income families for private school tuition, and scholarships can also cover tutoring, technology and transportation.
An EducationWeek tracker shows at least three Democratic governors from Oregon, New Mexico and Wisconsin plan to opt out, while North Carolina and Colorado governors and Republican governors in Tennessee, Texas, Nebraska and South Dakota support the program.
In the coming months the Trump administration will craft regulations defining the program, and state legislatures next year are likely to debate participation amid federal civil rights and accountability calls.

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