March 10th, 2010 · Blog, For Donors, For Parents, For Schools, Legislation, Media
GOLDWATER INSTITUTE DAILY – NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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Through the magic of public access television, I recently watched debate before the state House of Representatives on bills to reform the tuition scholarship tax credit program. I’m happy to report that legislators engaged in a substantive discussion and adopted amendments from both parties…
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March 5th, 2010 · Blog, For Donors, For Parents, For Schools, Legislation, Media
2010 School Choice Day
March 23, 2010
11:00 am – 2:00pm
Join the Arizona STO Association (ASTOA) and its members and supporters on the Senate Lawn at the Arizona State Capital to celebrate and show support for Arizona’s many school choice programs…
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March 1st, 2010 · Blog, For Parents, For Schools
The application deadline has now passed and our scholarship committee will begin to review the applications and make awards. If funds are awarded to your child, you will receive an email notification when the check is disbursed to the school. Due to the volume of applications, we anticipate the distribution to be completed by the 3rd or 4th week of March.
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February 5th, 2010 · Blog, For Parents
Don’t forget to submit your scholarship application by February 28, 2010 to be eligible for consideration in the March distribution cycle. You may complete the application online or download/print one and send it by mail.
Please note: In addition to the application, ALL families must also submit a copy of page 1 & 2 of their most recent tax return and a copy of each student applicant’s most recent report card.
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January 27th, 2010 · Blog, For Donors
A BIG thank you to all of our 2009 tax credit donors! You should have received a donation receipt by email or mail as of today. If you haven’t or would like to request another copy, please let us know by submitted a receipt request online. We hope that you will choose to support APESF again in 2010!
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December 9th, 2009 · Blog, For Donors, For Parents, For Schools, Legislation
On Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 2:00 pm in HHR5, the Legislative Tax Credit Review Committee will be holding a hearing at the Capitol. Rep. Murphy has requested that Harry Miller, President of TOPS for Kids, testify on behalf of the School Tuition Organizations. Supporters of School Choice are encouraged to attend.
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November 29th, 2009 · Blog, For Donors
Dear Friend:
We recently released our fall newsletter The Voice for Choice*, highlighting our commitment to school choice and heart for Arizona families. The opposition continues to mount a massive media offensive in an effort to derail educational choice through false characterizations of the tax credit law and the many organizations that diligently strive to work within it. However, no changes have been made to the law. We still have the right and opportunity to vote with our resources by making a dollar-for-dollar tax credit donation in support of Arizona students.
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November 24th, 2009 · Blog, For Donors, For Parents, For Schools, Media
Posted by Andrew J. Coulson
The latest fiscal impact review of Arizona’s scholarship tax credit programs estimates that they saved between $44 million and $186 million last year. The programs offer individuals and businesses dollar-for-dollar tax credits if they make donations to non-profit K-12 scholarship-granting organizations. Those organizations, in turn, provide private school tuition assistance.
This is much higher than the savings estimate offered by the Arizona Republic last month, as the AZ Republic story linked above is quick to point out. I deal with the reasons for the discrepancy below, but first, here’s the crucial fact…
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November 23rd, 2009 · Blog, For Donors, For Parents, For Schools, Media
GOLDWATER INSTITUTE DAILY – NOVEMBER 23, 2009
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Tuition Tax Credit Saves At Least Twice What It Costs State
by Matthew Ladner, Ph.D.
Baylor University economist Dr. Charles North developed an estimate of the savings to state taxpayers due to the individual tax credit, and shared his findings with the Arizona Legislature last week. You can find Dr. North’s analysis here and view his testimony to the Ad Hoc Committee on…
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November 17th, 2009 · Blog, For Donors, For Parents, For Schools, Legislation, Media
As a follow up to a recent blog post, a recording of the 2nd Private School Tax Credit Review Committee Meeting that was held on November 16, 2009 can be found here.
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