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New Guide: South Carolina's Education Landscape Transformed with New K-12 Education Savings Account Program

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023
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COLUMBIA, S.C., July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- South Carolina's educational landscape is experiencing changes that will allow parents to access more educational options in the state. The Education Scholarship Trust Fund Program aims to make private school, tutoring, and personalized learning more affordable for economically disadvantaged children through a type of private school choice program known as an education savings account (ESA).

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  • SC launches its first Education Savings Account (ESA) Program making private school and personalized learning more affordable for low-income children.
  • COLUMBIA, S.C., July 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- South Carolina's educational landscape is experiencing changes that will allow parents to access more educational options in the state.
  • The Education Scholarship Trust Fund Program aims to make private school, tutoring, and personalized learning more affordable for economically disadvantaged children through a type of private school choice program known as an education savings account (ESA).
  • Starting in the 2024–25 school year, the ESA program will provide a $6,000 scholarship that will be phased over three years.

Indiana Raises the Bar for Education Options with Choice Scholarship Expansion and Career Scholarship Account Program

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023
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INDIANAPOLIS, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This spring, Indiana has taken significant steps to enhance school choice options for students and families, including an expansion of income eligibility for Indiana's Choice Scholarship Program, the School Scholarship Tax Credit, and the Education Scholarship Account Program. As a result, 97% of students in the state are now eligible to apply for private school scholarship programs.

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  • INDIANAPOLIS, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This spring, Indiana has taken significant steps to enhance school choice options for students and families, including an expansion of income eligibility for Indiana's Choice Scholarship Program, the School Scholarship Tax Credit, and the Education Scholarship Account Program.
  • The biggest impact of these reforms will be on Indiana's Choice Scholarship Program, which provides financial assistance to families who choose to send their children to private schools.
  • The guide answers questions about the program, including the following:
    Who is now eligible for Indiana's Choice Scholarship?
  • What changed with similar programs offered by the state, such as the School Scholarship Tax Credit and the Education Scholarship Account Program?

Breaking Barriers: Nebraska Launches Its First State-Run Private School Choice Program

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Tuesday, June 20, 2023
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MIAMI, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nebraska has broken new ground in the school choice opportunities available to families by enacting the Opportunity Scholarships Program. This tax-credit scholarship initiative, starting in 2024, will provide access to quality education options for low-income families and students with special needs, experiencing bullying, in foster care, denied option enrollment, or with a parent or guardian actively serving in the armed forces or the National Guard.

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  • Lawmakers estimate that the new scholarship program will allow about 5,000 additional students to choose private schools in Nebraska.
  • MIAMI, June 20, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nebraska has broken new ground in the school choice opportunities available to families by enacting the Opportunity Scholarships Program.
  • Lawmakers estimate that approximately 5,000 additional students can access their choice of private schools, leading to a more diverse and robust educational landscape in Nebraska.
  • The National School Choice Awareness Foundation (NSCAF) raises broad and positive awareness of school choice through two charitable programs: National School Choice Week each January and the research, development, and promotion of comprehensive and unbiased school navigation resources for parents via School Choice Week and Conoce tus Opciones Escolares.

New Guide: What Families Need to Know about Private, Public Charter, and Open Enrollment Education Options in the Arkansas LEARNS Act

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Tuesday, May 16, 2023
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MIAMI, May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting in the 2023/24 school year, significant changes are arriving to Arkansas' K–12 school choice options, including open enrollment in traditional public schools, public charter school enrollment caps, and funding for families who want to enroll their children in private schools.

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  • This newly launched comprehensive resource answers most relevant questions and forecasts families' evolving options over the next three school years.
  • MIAMI, May 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting in the 2023/24 school year, significant changes are arriving to Arkansas' K–12 school choice options, including open enrollment in traditional public schools, public charter school enrollment caps, and funding for families who want to enroll their children in private schools.
  • In terms of scale, the biggest change involves Arkansas families' access to the new Educational Freedom Account Program, which was created by the Arkansas LEARNS Act.
  • More details about EFAs and the other types of schools impacted by the LEARNS Act can be found at schoolchoiceweek.com/arkansas-learns-act.

Families to Meet New Schools at Albuquerque School Fair, Join in National Celebration of Learning

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Friday, January 13, 2023
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., Jan. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Discover your school spirit next week at an Albuquerque education fair celebrating National School Choice Week. This year's event will feature 37+ local schools, giving attendees an exclusive opportunity to meet with school representatives and explore public, private, online, and homeschool options — all in one room.

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  • While parents meet school leaders, ask questions, and receive information, children can enjoy a photobooth, a DJ, face painting, brownies, cookies, lemonade, and balloon art.
  • From classical schools to leadership schools, from public charter performing arts schools to private religious schools, the fair will offer a taste of the diverse options Albuquerque families can choose.
  • To celebrate learning and offer support to Albuquerque families in the school search process.
  • "We're excited for Albuquerque families to learn about the options available to them, including many great free, public charter schools."