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why it matters: <\/strong>The EFTC is the first federal law that could expand school choice to families in all 50 states. It provides a dollar-for-dollar tax credit of up to $1,700 for individual donations to scholarship giving organizations (SGOs), effective in 2027. Twenty-nine states have already joined. The repeal bill, supported by 163 national and state organizations, sets up a major fight over the future of K-12 education funding before the first scholarship dollars are distributed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Description: <\/strong>The bill would strike the related income exclusion under Section 25F and Section 139K of the Internal Revenue Code, effective for taxable years ending after December 31, 2026 \u2013 just before the new tax credit takes effect. Kelly pointed to Arizona’s own Empowerment Scholarship accounts as a warning, citing reports of more than $10 million of taxpayer money being spent on restricted purchases, including gift cards and luxury hotel stays. The bill is sponsored by senators including Bernie Sanders, Chuck Schumer, Elizabeth Warren, and John Fetterman, and is endorsed by the National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers, Save Our Schools Arizona, and the National Center for Learning Disabilities.<\/p>\n Second aspect: <\/strong>Ryan Cantrell, chief state strategy officer for the school choice advocacy group American Federation for Children (AFC), called the repeal effort “misguided”, saying that the EFTC “gives taxpayers and families the right to direct K-12 education dollars where they see fit.” The AFC noted that 29 states have already adopted the program and described school choice as “extremely popular and here to stay.” <\/p>\n<\/div>\n What will happen next: <\/strong>The bill faces long odds given Republican control of both houses of Congress. But it signals that the implementation of the EFTC 2027 will remain a political flashpoint. The real fight may come during future budget negotiations, where Democrats could push to cancel or limit the program.<\/p>\n How it connects: <\/strong>College Investor has previously covered the Education Freedom Tax Credit in detail, including eligibility requirements and implementation timelines. Eligible students must come from families earning no more than 300% of the area median gross income, and states must complete administrative steps before 2027 to begin distributing scholarships to SGOs. Whether or not the repeal effort gains momentum, families in participating states should continue to monitor their state’s opt-in status and the SGO approval process.<\/p>\n Don’t miss these other stories:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" why it matters: The EFTC is the first federal law that could expand school choice to families in all 50 states. It provides a dollar-for-dollar tax credit of up to $1,700 for individual donations to scholarship giving organizations (SGOs), effective in 2027. Twenty-nine states have already joined. The repeal bill, supported by 163 national and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":76964,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[60],"tags":[190,3129,459,5121,372,356,484,5251,492,1323],"class_list":["post-76962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-meditation","tag-ahead","tag-credit","tag-democrats","tag-education","tag-freedom","tag-launch","tag-move","tag-repeal","tag-senate","tag-tax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76962"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76967,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76962\/revisions\/76967"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76964"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christiancorner.us\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}