Federal tax credits for K-12 education: what it means

Sign up for Chalkbeat’s free weekly newsletter to keep up with how education is changing across the U.S. Could the new federal tax-credit scholarship program pay for summer school or tutoring for public school students? Could it help homeschool families, microschools, and after-school enrichment programs alike? Or will most of the money mirror voucher programs and flow through large established scholarship groups for private school tuition? The race is on to shape a program that could become one of the largest federal investments in K-12 education and fuel a dramatic expansion of private school choice. The Treasury Department fired the starter’s pistol right before Thanksgiving when it posted a request for comments on how to implement the new tax credit, which passed this summer as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill. Requesting comment before developing draft rules is the first step in a process that ultimately will determine how much authority states have to put their own stamp on t