States may set own rules for federal tax-credit scholarships

Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S.Education Secretary Linda McMahon said states will be able to put conditions on scholarship organizations as part of the federal tax-credit scholarship program, weighing in on one of the biggest questions for governors considering whether to opt into the program.The Treasury Department, not the Education Department, ultimately is responsible for setting the rules that will govern the federal tax credit, and those have not been finalized. It was not clear whether McMahon’s comments reflect the Trump administration’s position. The Education and Treasury Departments did not immediately respond to requests for clarification.Allowing states to pick and choose which scholarship groups are included in the program would be at odds with how many conservative school choice advocates believe the program will work. But it would align with the Trump administration’s pledge to return education to