President Trump’s One Big, Beautiful Bill Act is the most ambitious policy proposal of his second term so far. Although much of the discourse centers on tax rates and the bill’s economic impact, its education provisions deserve a closer look for their potential to reshape access and opportunity for millions of American students.

At the heart of the proposal is a nationwide tax credit designed to incentivize contributions to Scholarship Granting Organizations. These nonprofits distribute scholarships that enable low- and middle-income families to send their children to private and charter schools. The approach builds on Florida’s Tax Credit Scholarship Program, which funds more than 120,000 students annually through donor-backed tax credits. According to the Urban Institute, participants in Florida’s program are more likely to graduate and attend college than their public school peers from similar socioeconomic backgrounds.

Most public school students are locked into campuses based solely on their ZIP codes — a geographic lottery that often consigns them to underperforming schools. Trump’s bill seeks to disrupt that system without imposing federal mandates or siphoning funds from public education. Instead, it encourages private........

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