| 1 | Representative(s) Bendross-Mindingall offered the following: |
| 2 |
|
| 3 | Substitute Amendment for Amendment (067387) (with title |
| 4 | amendment) |
| 5 | On page 24, line 21 through page 44, line 14 |
| 6 | Remove: all of said lines |
| 7 |
|
| 8 | ======== T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ======== |
| 9 | On page 45, line 9 through page 48, line 5 |
| 10 | Remove: all of said lines |
| 11 | and insert: |
| 12 | amounts and payments; providing an effective date. |
| 13 |
|
| 14 | WHEREAS, the Corporate Income Tax Credit Scholarship |
| 15 | Program has produced substantial cost savings by relieving the |
| 16 | state of the expense of educating program participants in public |
| 17 | schools at a cost in foregone tax revenue that is substantially |
| 18 | less than the per-student cost of educating children in public |
| 19 | schools, and |
| 20 | WHEREAS, the Corporate Income Tax Credit Scholarship |
| 21 | Program has relieved public school class size by creating new |
| 22 | classroom spaces in the public schools at no cost to the |
| 23 | taxpayers, and |
| 24 | WHEREAS, empirical evidence is clear, overwhelming, and |
| 25 | uncontroverted that expanding educational options produces |
| 26 | improved educational outcomes, both for participating children |
| 27 | and for public schools that are exposed to healthy competition |
| 28 | as a result, and no study has ever documented any harm to public |
| 29 | schools as a result of expanding educational options through a |
| 30 | program like the Corporate Income Tax Credit Scholarship |
| 31 | Program, NOW, THEREFORE, |