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Education Tax Credits: No Net Benefit to Arizona's Impoverished Students

A new analysis says an Arizona program that gives taxpayers a dollar-for-dollar income tax credit for donations to finance tuition grants for private school seems certain to hurt the majority of poor children attending public schools. Also see a related report ("Peer Review of Education Scholarships: Expanding Opportunities for Students, Saving Taxpayers Money") concluding that expanding tax credits to corporations would compound the injustice.