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Feb 28, 2024 · The Alabama House’s education budget committee Wednesday approved changes to a voucher-like school program bill known as the CHOOSE Act. The substitute bill, sponsored by Rep. Danny Garrett, R-Trussville, that includes a provision that if a fund created under the law has more than $500 million in “excess, unused, accumulated money,” as ...
Feb 27, 2024 · The bill calls for spending $100 million in the first year. ... Alabama House passes major school choice expansion, $7,000 per student for education expenses. Updated: Feb. 27, ...
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Feb 28, 2024 · The Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday voted 69-34 in approval of HB129, which would create a voucher-like system in which students would be eligible for up to $7,000 in tax credits toward education expenses at nonpublic schools. Six Republicans joined the Democrats in voting against the bill. The bill looks slightly different than ...
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Mar 1, 2024 · The Choose Act will allow parents to get a tax credit of up to $7,000 to send their child to an accredited private, religious, or out of district school. Parents who homeschool can receive a tax credit of up to $2,000 per child for educational materials from approved venders. That is capped at $4,000 per homeschool family.
Mar 6, 2024 · Update March 6 at 8:38 p.m. – The Alabama Senate passed the CHOOSE Act on a 23-9 vote Wednesday evening. It will head to the governor’s desk to sign into law.
Mar 7, 2024 · Gov. Kay Ivey signed the Creating Hope & Opportunity for Our Students’ Education (CHOOSE) Act into law Thursday morning. The bill will allow parents to receive up to $7,000 to offset the cost of private or public school. Parents who homeschool their kids could also get $2,000 per student, up to $4,000. Ivey released a statement that said, in ...
Feb 8, 2024 · The legislature would be required to appropriate at least $100 million to the fund annually. The legislature considered a similar bill in 2023 that included $864 million in funding. The PRICE Act ...
