Kentucky Center for Economic Policy: The Math Behind Ed Choice Tax Credit Fails Many Tests
ITEP Work in ActionToday in the House Education Committee legislators are hearing discussion of House Bill 162, a proposal to create a so-called Education Choice tax credit in Kentucky. This proposal does not target low- and moderate-income students as suggested; is expensive, taking resources away from public schools and other investments; and provides an excessively large credit under which some high-income individuals could actually make money.