Tuition Tax Credits (H 7171, Article 10)

We opposed a provision within the proposed FY 2021 budget which would expand the tax credit program for businesses that make donations to “scholarship organizations” which funnel money to private and parochial schools for tuition purposes. Although parents have the right to send their children to religious schools, they should not be financially supported by taxpayers, especially when the Rhode Island public school system is in a state of disarray.