Opponents say the program is tilted to benefit private school students. Supporters say it has the potential to raise billions of dollars for students.
Accelerate is encouraged by the proposed rules Treasury and the IRS released today for the federal scholarship tax credit. But the rules still don’t define what eligible tutoring programs should look like.
The program provides a dollar-for-dollar credit of up to $1,700 for individuals.
After convening 135+ stakeholders, one thing became clear – there is significant remaining distance between a promising statute and a program that actually delivers results to students.
New federal grants will help states spread tutoring to rural areas.
Kane and Godfrey: States have always had the ability to hold back some federal Title I dollars for priorities like tutoring. It’s time they do it.
Experts say administrators need to start planning now to sustain the tutoring, mental health, and other interventions started during the pandemic.
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