S. 297
Educational Opportunities Act
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsor
Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Bill Details
- Update Date
- Mar 3, 2022
- Origin Chamber
- Senate
- Bill Type
- S
- Bill Number
- 297
- Congress
- 113
- Introduced Date
- Feb 13, 2013
- Policy Area
- Taxation
- Is Law
- No
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: Senate
Introduced in Senate
Source: Library of Congress
Educational Opportunities Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax credit for charitable contributions to a scholarship granting organization. Allows a maximum credit amount of $4,500 ($2,250 for a married individual filing a separate return). Defines "scholarship granting organization" as a tax-exempt entity whose exclusive purpose is to provide scholarships for the tuition and other expenses of elementary and secondary school students from low income households (i.e., household income not exceeding 250% of federal poverty guidelines).
Allows corporate taxpayers a tax credit, up to $100,000, for contributions to a scholarship granting organization.
Imposes a penalty on scholarship granting organizations that fail to distribute at least 90% of their total receipts for elementary and secondary school expenses in a taxable year.
Finance Committee
Introduced in Senate
Feb 13, 2013