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| Date: From: Subject: | 4/23/2003 12:02:31 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Minnesota--Help Us Support a Scholarship Tax Credit |
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---------------------------------------------------------------------- From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- April 23, 2003 Dear HSLDA Members and Friends, Minnesota has been on the cutting edge of school choice for some years. Two new companion bills in the Minnesota Legislature would expand educational options for more school children across the state. We need your help to get House File 301 and Senate File 1419 enacted into law HF 301 and SF 1419 would establish a scholarship tax credit, which allows Minnesota taxpayers to donate money to a private scholarship fund, and then take a tax credit of seventy-five cents on each dollar they donate. Thus, a one hundred dollar donation only costs the taxpayer twenty-five dollars. These private scholarship funds can then use that money to pay for tuition and other expenses in private schools. Unlike Minnesota's other tax credits, this money can be used for religious materials, not just secular ones. ACTION REQUESTED Senate File 1419 is now moving forward. Please contact every member of the Senate Tax Committee. Urge them to vote "Yes" on SF 1419. Tell them, "Scholarship tax credits are helping children in Arizona, Pennsylvania, and Florida. It's time children in Minnesota had more choices!" Senate Tax Committee Members: Chair: Lawrence J. Pogemiller (651) 296-7809 sen.larry.pogemiller@senate.mn Vice Chair: David J. Tomassoni (651) 296-8017 sen.david.tomassoni@senate.mn William Belanger, Jr. (651) 296-5975 sen.bill.belanger@senate.mn Don Betzold (651) 296-2556 sen.don.betzold@senate.mn John C. Hottinger (651) 296-6153 sen.john.hottinger@senate.mn Debbie Johnson (651) 296-3219 sen.debbie.johnson@senate.mn Warren Limmer (651) 296-2159 sen.warren.limmer@senate.mn John Marty (651) 296-5645 sen.john.marty@senate.mn Mike McGinn (651) 297-8073 sen.mike.mcginn@senate.mn Mee Moua (651) 296-5285 sen.mee.moua@senate.mn Steve Murphy (651) 296-4264 sen.steve.murphy@senate.mn Julianne E. Ortman (651) 296-4837 sen.julianne.ortman@senate.mn Rod Skoe (651) 296-4196 sen.rod.skoe@senate.mn BACKGROUND Arizona was the first state to enact a scholarship tax credit, and Arizona taxpayers are now providing millions of dollars that help thousands of children have a real choice. Florida and Pennsylvania have adopted Arizona's scholarship tax credit model, and other states are eagerly considering the same mechanism. Up until now, homeschoolers have not been able to directly benefit from the new scholarship funds because homeschools are not eligible for scholarship money in Arizona, Pennsylvania, or Florida. In Minnesota, by contrast, "homeschools" and "private schools" are not two separate legal categories. Instead, all Minnesota schools are either "public" or "nonpublic," which means that scholarship funds would be permitted to assist low income families who need help in paying for curriculum, tutoring services, and the like. Thank you for joining us in the fight for more educational freedom! Very truly yours, Scott W. Somerville HSLDA Staff Attorney {{JoinAd}} ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The HSLDA E-lert Service is a service of: Home School Legal Defense Association P.O. 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