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| Date: From: Subject: | 2/3/2006 5:08:33 PM Home School Legal Defense Association Illinois--Calls Needed To Support Raising the Educational Tax Credit to $1000 |
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====================================================================== From the HSLDA E-lert Service... ====================================================================== February 3, 2006 Dear HSLDA members and friends: Senate Bill 2780 was introduced by Senator Cronin and referred to the Rules Committee on January 20, 2006. If S.B. 2780 passes, it would raise the maximum amount of the education expense credit that home educators (private schools) can receive from $500 to $1,000! Your calls are needed to get this bill passed. Action Requested: Please call your representatives and give them this message: "Please vote for Senate Bill 2780, which will empower parents to choose the best education for their children." You do not need to identify yourself as a homeschooler. You can call the legislative hotline at (217) 782-3944 and ask for your Senator. Background: Homeschoolers currently pay for the public education system while they privately educate their own children. This "double taxation" is unfair. While almost all homeschoolers would like to be free of the tax burden of public schools they do not use themselves, a significant number of homeschool leaders are concerned about any effort to get benefits from the government. Most homeschool leaders agree that vouchers (direct payments from the government to private or homeschools) are unacceptable because of the controls and loss of freedom that comes with the money. As an alternative, HSLDA recommends another vehicle: educational tax credits. Parents and individuals who provide for a child's education should be allowed to keep some of their tax money that would otherwise have been used to fund public education. This goal could be accomplished through a tax credit. The courts have ruled the Illinois tax credit is NOT government money. Education tax credits offer several benefits: > Educational tax credits will give parents true choice in education. This tax credit will help reduce the "double tax burden" on parents who choose private or home education. > Education tax credits will benefit public schools. By encouraging students to attend private schools or homeschools, the tuition tax credit will reduce overcrowded public school class sizes and the student-to-teacher ratio, making more teachers available to public school students. For more information on educational tax credits, see our memorandum at http://www.hslda.org/docs/nche/000010/200308190.asp Sincerely, Chris Klicka HSLDA Senior Counsel ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Will your friends stand by you in trouble? They will if you're an HSLDA member and your homeschool is threatened. HSLDA is ready to stand by your side along with 80,000 other homeschool families. 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