In a move that’s garnered some media attention, the Illinois General Assembly opted not to renew the “Invest in Kids Act,” which provides a credit against paying the state’s income tax to individuals or businesses who fund scholarships for eligible low-income students to attend private schools.
That decision has raised the hackles of those who advocate for public funding of school choice. For instance, Paul Vallas, who just failed to win the run-off election for mayor of Chicago, castigated the General Assembly for letting this tax credit expire. Rather than eliminate the program, Vallas argued that the state should instead “seriously consider offering parental choice on a major level.”
