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Education Options in the States: State Programs That Provide Financial Assistance for Attendance at Private Elementary or Secondary Schools
August 2007
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Appendix A: Statutes of State Programs

Following are citations of authorizing statute(s), with expanded statute descriptions and hyperlinks to statutory documents, for each of the respective state programs providing financial assistance for attendance at private elementary and secondary schools:

  1. Arizona:

  2. Florida:

  3. Georgia:

  4. Illinois:

  5. Iowa:

  6. Maine:

  7. Minnesota:

    • Tax credits and tax deductions for parents for educational expenses:
      Tax credits:
      Minn. Stat. § 290.0674
      Minnesota Statutes
      Various State Taxes, Administration
      Chapter 290. Income and Franchise Taxes
      Section 0674. Minnesota Education Credit
      http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/290/0674.html

    • Tax deductions:
      Minn. Stat. § 290.01
      Minnesota Statutes
      Various State Taxes, Administration
      Chapter 290. Income and Franchise Taxes
      Section 01. Definitions
      Subdivision 19b. Subtractions from Federal taxable income
      http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/290/01.html

  8. Ohio:

    • Vouchers for students in Cleveland:
      ORC Ann. 3313.97.4 – ORC Ann. 3313.99
      Ohio Revised Code Annotated
      Title 33. Education-Libraries
      Chapter 3313. Boards of Education
      Pilot Project Scholarship Program
      Sections 97.4 – 99
      http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/3313

    • Vouchers for autistic students
      ORC Ann. 3310.41
      Ohio Revised Code Annotated
      Title 33. Education-Libraries
      Chapter 3310: Education Choice Scholarship Program Pilot
      Section .41: Autism Scholarship Program
      http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/3310

    • Vouchers for students in underperforming schools
      ORC Ann. 3310.01-ORC Ann. 3310.17
      Ohio Revised Code Annotated
      Title 33. Education-Libraries
      Chapter 3310: Education Choice Scholarship Program Pilot
      http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/3310

  9. Pennsylvania:

    • Tax credits for corporations for contributions to scholarship organizations:
      24 P.S. § 20-2001-B – 24 P.S. § 20-2008-B
      Pennsylvania Statutes
      Title 24. Education
      Chapter 1. Public School Code of 1949
      Article XX-B. Education Improvement Tax Credit
      Sections 2001-B – 2008-B
      Note: Current Pennsylvania Statutes are available online only through subscription services.

  10. Rhode Island

  11. Utah

    • Vouchers for students with disabilities:
      Utah Code Ann. § 53A-1a-701 - Utah Code Ann. § 53A-1a-710
      Utah Code Annotated
      Title 53A. State System of Public Education
      Chapter 1a. Strategic Planning for Educational Excellence
      Part 7. Carson Smith Scholarships for Students with Special Needs
      Sections 701-710
      http://www.le.state.ut.us/~code/TITLE53A/53A02.htm

    • Vouchers for all students
      As of July 1, 2007, this law has not been included in the Utah Code. The following links are to the bill as enacted (signed into law on Feb. 12, 2007) and to the amendments (signed into law on March 13, 2007).

      http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/hbillamd/hb0148.htm

      http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/hbillenr/hb0174.htm

  12. Vermont:

  13. Wisconsin:

  14. District of Columbia:


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