On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill/Working Families Tax Cuts Act into law, and it's unfortunate that very few parents know this legislation provides the largest national expansion of K-12 education freedom in our nation's history.

Beginning Jan. 1, 2027, a new federal Education Freedom Tax Credit provides up to $1,700 per individual (up to $3,400 for married couples filing jointly) for qualified cash contributions to a Scholarship Granting Organization. Yet as with most bills passed out of our Congress, there are regulations and deadlines.

On Oct. 1, 2026, the U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service released proposed regulations for the credit's 2027 launch, making the new credit accessible to families and providing administrative guidance for taxpayers, states and SGOs while protecting scholarship funds from fraud and abuse.

SGOs can use contributions from individuals to provide scholarships to students for a range of education-related expenses incurred in connection with a K-12 public, private (including religious) or charter school. This can include tuition for students to attend a........

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