H.R. 889 · 117th Congress · House

Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act

Active· Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determ…
Introduced
Feb 5, 21
Passed House
Pending
Passed Senate
Pending
Sent to President
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Signed into Law
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Executive Summary

Education Freedom Scholarships and Opportunity Act

This bill allows individual and corporate taxpayers a tax credit for cash contributions to tax-exempt scholarship-granting organizations for elementary and secondary education expenses. It imposes a cap of $5 billion on the amount of contributions that qualify for a tax credit.

The bill directs the Department of Education, in coordination with the Department of the Treasury, to establish, host, and maintain a web portal that (1) lists all eligible scholarship-granting organizations; (2) enables contributions to such organizations; (3) provides information about the benefits of this bill; and (4) enables a state to submit and update information about its programs and scholarship-granting organizations, including information on student eligibility and allowable educational expenses.

Action Timeline

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  1. FEB 05, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  2. FEB 05, 2021IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. FEB 05, 2021IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

  4. FEB 05, 2021IntroReferral

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Committees

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Education and Workforce Committee

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Referred: Feb 5, 2021

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Ways and Means Committee

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Referred: Feb 5, 2021

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