BENNETT, MOHRMAN: 2026 will give us over 1,000 ways to boost educational freedom
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Federal tax credit scholarship program emerges as signature 2026 education policy, but governors must opt in for states to access millions in new funding.
For an SGO to award scholarships in a state, the governor must "opt in." While some governors have had a knee-jerk reaction of "No!" you can mark my words most or all will reconsider in the coming years. William J. Bennett joined FNC as a contributor in 2017.
Despite the noise and fury around all that, what is actually the signature policy of this time — the key achievement of this administration and Congress — is the newly enacted federal tax credit scholarship program. In a nutshell, every taxpayer who owes federal taxes in America will be able to make a choice starting in 2027. Either send $1,700 in taxes to the swamp to do whatever it is they do with it, or donate $1,700 to a non-profit Scholarship Granting Organization (SGO), which in turn must give out 90% of those funds to students (in families earning no more than 300% of the area median income) for scholarships to fund all kinds of educational programming. The former Secretary of Education under President Ronald Reagan and the nation's first Drug Czar under President George H.W. Bush, Bennett is one of America's most recognized voices on cultural, political and educational issues. He also served as a professor at Boston University, the University of Texas, and Harvard University.
Some have focused on the potential use of these scholarships to empower families with private school choice options, and that is a great thing. However, it is worth noting that families can access scholarships for all kinds of other uses, from tutoring to supplemental classes to unique educational programming on anything, from character development to astronomy to history, and anything in between. A native of Brooklyn in New York City, Bennett studied philosophy at Williams College (B.A.) and the University of Texas (Ph.D.) and earned a law degree (J.D.) from Harvard.
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