Oct 10, 2025, 2:34 PM
(From EdWeek) President Donald Trump laid out his agenda for education in the first days of his second term: expand private school choice and scale back the federal role in education. In roughly eight months, the U.S. Department of Education under Trump has issued several pieces of guidance telling states how to use existing federal funds and provisions to promote public and private school choice. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act created a private school scholarship program, through which individual taxpayers can receive dollar-for-dollar tax credits for donations to organizations that grant the scholarships. The legislation takes effect in time for taxpayers to claim credits for the 2027 tax year and allows states to decide whether to opt in to the choice provision.
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