What Are You Waiting for, Gov. Shapiro?

Originally published by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

It will cost the state more not to support the new Federal Scholarship Tax Credit program than it will to support it.

The program allows taxpayers to claim a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit of up to $1,700 for donations to scholarship-granting organizations. Those organizations award scholarships to K–12 students in both public and private schools.

They can use the funds for education-related costs, including tuition, tutoring, special-education expenses, after-school programs, technology, and transportation. More than 90 percent of Pennsylvania K–12 students would be eligible for an FSTC scholarship.

Read more at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.