The fiscal effects of tax-credit scholarship programs in the United States |
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Authors: | Martin F Lueken |
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Institution: | EdChoice, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
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Abstract: | This article conducts a fiscal analysis of 10 tax-credit programs in seven states. In total, the 10 programs in the present study represent 90% of all scholarships awarded in tax-credit scholarship programs today. The analysis employs a set of cautious assumptions about switcher rates and students who receive multiple scholarships to generate a range of estimates of the net fiscal impact of these tax-credit scholarship programs on state and local taxpayers. Tax-credit scholarship programs up to fiscal year (FY) 2014 generated positive fiscal impacts worth between $1,650 and $3,000 per scholarship student. In FY 2014 alone, tax-credit scholarship programs generated between about $2 million and $223 million for their states. Break-even switcher rates for fiscal neutrality are reported for all programs. |
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Keywords: | fiscal analysis fiscal effects fiscal impacts private school choice school finance tax-credit scholarship programs |
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