Nonpartisan civic infrastructure
AllCiv·Legis1
·

H.R. 1511

BillFederalHouseIn Committee
Educational Opportunities Act
About This Bill
Committee
Latest Action · November 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Congress
114th (2015–2017)
Introduced
March 19, 2015
Cosponsors (3)
0D 3R
View PDF ↗

Summary

Highlight any text to annotate
Educational Opportunities Act Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax credit for charitable contributions to a scholarship granting organization. Allows a maximum credit amount of $4,500 ($2,250 for a married individual filing a separate return). Defines "scholarship granting organization" as a tax-exempt entity whose exclusive purpose is to provide scholarships for the tuition and other expenses of elementary and secondary school students from low income households (i.e., household income not exceeding 250% of federal poverty guidelines). Allows corporate taxpayers a tax credit, up to $100,000, for contributions to a scholarship granting organization. Imposes a penalty on scholarship granting organizations that fail to distribute at least 90% of their total receipts for elementary and secondary school expenses in a taxable year.

Take Action

Your position
Add a comment
to comment on this bill.
Annotate the text
Highlight any passage on the Summary or Full Text tab to attach a note. Annotations appear on the Annotations tab.