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Designing Tax-Credit Scholarship Policies (2025 Edition)  \nBy Jason Bedrick, The Heritage Foundation  \nWHITE PAPER  \nNo. 283 | April 2025  \nMission  \nPioneer Institute develops and communicates dynamic ideas that advance prosperity and a vibrant civic life in Massachusetts and beyond.  \nVision  \nSuccess for Pioneer is when the citizens of our state and nation prosper and our society thrives because we enjoy world-class options in education, healthcare, transportation and economic opportunity, and when our government is limited, accountable and transparent.  \nValues  \nPioneer believes that America is at its best when our citizenry is welleducated, committed to liberty, personal responsibility, and free enterprise, and both willing and able to test their beliefs based on facts and the free exchange of ideas.  \nPioneer Institute is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization funded through the donations of individuals, foundations and businesses committed to the principles Pioneer espouses. To ensure its independence, Pioneer does not accept government grants.  \nThis paper is a publication of Pioneer Education, which seeks to increase the education options available to parents and students, drive system-wide reform, and ensure accountability in public education. The Center’s work builds on Pioneer’s legacy as a recognized leader in the charter public school movement, and as a champion of greater academic rigor in Massachusetts’ elementary and secondary schools. Current initiatives promote choice and competition, school-based management, and enhanced academic performance in public schools.  \nPioneer Opportunity seeks to keep Massachusetts competitive by promoting a healthy business climate, transparent regulation, small business creation in urban areas and sound environmental and development policy. Current initiatives promote market reforms to increase the supply of affordable housing, reduce the cost of doing business, and revitalize urban areas.  \nPioneer Health seeks to refocus the Massachusetts conversation about health care costs away from government-imposed interventions, toward market-based reforms. Current initiatives include driving public discourse on Medicaid; presenting a strong consumer perspective asthe state considers a dramatic overhaul of the health care payment process; and supporting thoughtful tort reforms.  \n TRANSPORTATION  \nPioneer Transportation seeks reforms that allow commuters to take full advantage of the coming mobility revolution —with access to a range of affordable and on-demand public and private transportation options, as well as transit-friendly real estate development.  \nTABLE OF CONTENTS  \n1. Executive Summary __________________________ 4  \n2. Introduction: Tax-Credit Scholarship Policies in the United States __________________________________ 4  \n3. Designing a Tax-Credit Scholarship Policy _______ 7  \n3.1 Eligibility ___________________________________________ 7  \n3.2 Tax-Credit Value ___________________________________ 9  \n3.3 Tax Credit Caps ___________________________________ 11  \n3.4 Scholarships ______________________________________ 12  \n3.5 Scholarship Granting Organizations __________________ 15  \n3.6 Academic Accountability ___________________________ 16  \n4. Conclusion_________________________________ 18  \n1. Executive Summary  \nOver the past three decades, tax-credit scholarship (TCS) policies have helped hundreds of thousands of American families provide their children with the learning environment that meets their individual needs. Until recently, TCS policies were the most-used form of private school choice. Now available in 21 states, more than 330,000 students nationwide use tax-credit scholarships to attend the school of their family’s choice.  \nTCS policies create an incentive for taxpayers to contribute to nonprofit scholarship organizations that aid families with tuition and, in some states, other K–12 educational expenses. 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