This Idaho tax committee had the good sense to vote down a tax credit for private school families. We wish the Kansas Senate tax committee had rejected SB 509.

“Robert Sanchez, a vice president with Idaho Business for Education, said he anticipates most people who would apply for such a tax credit would already be sending their kids to private school.

“‘This would have the effect of forcing Idaho taxpayers to fund a new and private school system,’ Sanchez said.

“Data from states that have similar tax credit or school voucher systems bears that out.

“A study from the Grand Canyon Institute in Arizona found 45% of the state’s universal voucher program recipients live in zip codes where the median household income is $80,000 or higher.

“The study also found 80% of applicants were already attending private school, being homeschooled or were just entering school.

“An Ohio study found a significant drop in the number of low-income families using that state’s most popular voucher program over the past decade from 32% to 15%.”

Read full article here: https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/politics-government/2024-03-12/idaho-house-committee-kills-private-school-tax-credit?fbclid=IwAR2Vp-oot-R5FKyLR7ZxpIVcyQz8-E94zGHnaM8Cy1DR_3qgRFiTAh7POnw

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