The vast majority of K–12 students in the United States would be eligible for scholarship money under the federal Education Freedom Tax Credit program scheduled to begin in the 2027–2028 academic year, a new report indicates.
The American Federation for Children, a policy center that advocates universal school choice, on July 28 released an analysis stating that 30.9 million children in the 31 states that have opted into the program are eligible for future benefits.
If the 19 remaining states and Washington sign on as well, that total will increase to 51.7 million children, or 91.7 percent of the K–12 population.
Those figures are based on eligibility guidelines set at or below 300 percent of local median incomes across the nation, although scholarship-granting organizations selected by states are expected to prioritize lower-income families….