How Shapiro Turned on School Choice

Originally published by The Washington Times.

With the Fourth of July right around the corner, Pennsylvanians should be celebrating, but instead, many low- and middle-class parents are worried about the future of a scholarship program they rely on for educational options.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Educational Improvement Tax Credit, one of the nation’s oldest and most successful tax credit scholarship programs. The Educational Improvement Tax Credit, in conjunction with the Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit, has awarded more than 1 million scholarships to Pennsylvania students, inspired similar programs across the country, and become a model for the new federal scholarship tax credit.

Yet Gov. Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania Democratic state legislators are trying to dismantle it.

Read more at The Washington Times.