NeoVouchers

The Emergence of Tuition Tax Credits for Private Schooling

Kevin G. Welner

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Year: 2008
• Edition: 1
• eBook ISBN:
  9780742565814
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Educational Policy

While school vouchers have captured the headlines, a different policy has captured the students. Tuition tax credit laws are now entrenched in Arizona, Florida, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Iowa, and Georgia, and they affect far more students. Yet few people understand the nature of these policies or the political and legal issues surrounding them.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the structure, legality, and policy implications of tuition tax credits, which have garnered only scant attention even while expanding to cover more students than the voucher policies they're designed to emulate. At a time when tax credit policies are becoming a major form of American school choice, this book offers insights into both the strengths and weakness of the approach.

Table of contents

• Contents
• Preface
• Chapter 01. Introduction
• Chapter 02. “Something So Close to Vouchers”
• Chapter 03. Preferring Preferences: Taxes as Policy Instruments
• Chapter 04. Current Knowledge on the Nature and Effects of Neovoucher Policies
• Chapter 05. Taxing the Establishment Clause: Exploring the Constitutional Issues
• Chapter 06. Policy and Political Implications
• Chapter 07. Future Prospects: Tinkering with Utopia
• Appendix A: Arizona
• Appendix B: Florida
• Appendix C: Pennsylvania
• Appendix D: Iowa
• Appendix E: Rhode Island
• Appendix F: Georgia House Bill 1133 (2008)
• References
• Index
• About the Author