Action Center

Educational Choice for Children Act

The ECCA is proposed federal tax credit scholarship program that could provide $10 billion in annual scholarships to students across the United States—including Nebraska.

Nebraska’s own Rep. Adrian Smith (CD3) introduce the bill along with 179 co-sponsors in the House and Senate.

Here are a few details about the bill:

- A non-refundable 100% federal income tax credit
- Up to $10 billion in tax credits on a first come, first serve basis
- Individuals can donate up to 10% of their AGI & corporations up to 5% of taxable income
- Students in every state
- K-12 students
- Students in households up to 300% median gross income
- No role for US Department of Education or new agencies or mandates
- Prohibits government overreach on Scholarship Granting Organizations, schools, and families
- Uses private dollars & legal precedent is well supported

Source: Invest in Education Coalition

Take Action!

The House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee (equivalent to our Appropriations Committee) is going to start work on the federal budget next week.

The Senate Finance Committee is not far behind.

Now is the time to support our representatives as they advance school choice through the federal budget process!

Now is the time

There are a few ways to send your thoughts to our federal delegation:
- Use the CAPE Action Home*
- Use the Nebraska Catholic Conference action center*
- Directly message each official
The CAPE and NCC tools make sending your message simpler. Keep in mind:
- The CAPE tool will send to Sens. Fischer and Ricketts and your congressman.
- NCC’s tool will send to all three congressman, but not to the senators.
*The CAPE and NCC Action tools will provide prompts/pre-written text to send.
Time to write. Consider:
- What am I uniquely qualified to share?
- What story or stories do I want to share?
- What tangible impact will this have beyond finances?
It is useful to start and conclude by expressing you want the representative to support the ECCA.
Remember:
- It is more important to send a message than have the exact right words
- If you chose to use CAPE’s or NCC’s tools you will be provided a prompt to send or edit
- Focus on helping families access education opportunities and the value your school provides to students and your community
Make your voice heard and represent your school community!
Again, it is more important to send a message than have the exact right words.

3 easy steps

Ways to send your message

CAPE Action Home

The Council for American Private Education (CAPE, NCNS is the Nebraska affiliate) has done all the mapping of emails, our US Senators and your congressman.

You can quickly message your representatives via the button below.

Message via Cape