A New Education Tax Credit Becomes Law in New Hampshire - Granite Grok

A New Education Tax Credit Becomes Law in New Hampshire

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Ever since the Education Scholarship Tax credit became law in the Granite State Democrats have been trying to get it repealed. They tried the courts. They propose “repeal legislation” every session. So, what gives with this bipartisan education tax credit the governor just signed into law?

Related: My 8-year old son has [Education] choices where before there was only one option.

New Hampshire Senate Bill 270 “establishes a tax credit against the business profits tax for donations to career and technical education centers.”

It is managed by the State Department of Education who reports to the Department of Revenue Administration and allows,

II.  A school district may accept a charitable donation of:

(a)  Up to 50 percent of the cost of apprenticeship and training programs offered by the regional CTE center, including the compensation of employees in direct supervision and training of students in a CTE center program.

(b)  Up to 50 percent of the salary paid to interns, apprentices, and trainees enrolled in a CTE center program.

(c)  Tangible personal property for a related use by an educational program offered by the regional CTE center.

Statewide, total credits in aggregate may not exceed $500,000.00 annually. And there are 30 such schools listed on the State DoE website.

I think it’s a good idea. But I’m curious how the Democrats intend to justify further objection to the K-12 Tax Scholarship program when they’ve just overwhelmingly endorsed this? Especially when “religious objections” have no standing with the US Department of Education or the US Supreme Court, or even liberals if even one of them can make the time, to be honest about it.

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