EVERY STUDENT SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE THE EDUCATION THAT SUITS THEIR NEEDS.
School Choice Arizona exists to help make that happen. By working with Arizona’s tax credits, we are able to help scholarship thousands of students, who otherwise couldn’t, get the education that they need.
School Choice Arizona was originally formed in 2006 to primarily implement the newly passed Corporate Tuition Tax Credit Law. In the years since, we’ve continued to expand as we’ve partnered even more closely with our schools to help parents take advantage of the Individual (Original and Overflow) Tax Credit Scholarships, Payroll Withholdings, and more. Our goal is to help families afford Private Education, and that is the driving factor in everything that we do.
OUR BOARD
SCOTT
YARBROUGH
Board President
BRUCE
HAWKINSON
MARLIN BROEK
Board Vice President
DON
JOHN
MARYELLEN HAWKINSON
Board Secretary/Treasurer
FRED
MEYERS
TAX CREDIT LAWS
What statutes govern the Tax Credit Program in Arizona? Check out these links to the Arizona State Legislature website.
INDIVIDUAL TAX CREDITS
CORPORATE TAX CREDITS
SCHOOL CHOICE RESOURCES
"School choice" describes a nationwide movement supporting the rights of parents to choose the type of education that best fits their children's needs. We have provided a few resources for you below:
Supporting Organizations
American Federation for Children
The American Federation for Children promotes educational choice and innovation, with a specific focus on school vouchers, scholarship tax credit programs, and education savings accounts.
Arizona School Tuition Organization Association (ASTOA)
ASTOA works solely on behalf of and provides a unified voice for Arizona's School Tuition Organizations (STOs). It offers mentoring, resources, training and support to STOs as they work to provide tuition tax credit scholarships in compliance with Arizona law.
Articles
The comprehensive guide to every private school choice program in America by EdChoice.
“Fiscal Effects of School Choice”
Analyzing the costs and savings of private school choice programs in America by Martin Lueken/EdChoice.
“How the Arizona School Tuition Organization Tax Credits Save the State Money.”
This report, prepared by attorney Deborah Sheasby, a researcher and an honors graduate of Georgetown University Law Center, is a quality study and concludes that the tuition tax credit program provides a tremendous financial savings to Arizona.
"New York Times’ Hit Job on Tax Credits"
Jason Bedrick, formerly of the Cato Institute, challenges a New York Times' attack against tax credits in this article on the Education Next website.
FINANCIAL REPORTING
Consistent with updates to A.R.S. 43-1603 in April of 2015, all STOs must include the percentage and dollar amount of scholarships given to students whose family income meets 185% and 342.25% of poverty level in the previous fiscal year for each type of scholarship.
STUDENTS WITH FAMILY INCOME OF UP TO 185% OF POVERTY LEVEL
LOW-INCOME CORPORATE
% of total FY scholarships awarded: 40%
Amount awarded during FY ‘23-’24: $1,811,104
DISABLED / DISPLACED CORPORATE
% of total FY scholarships awarded: 34%
Amount awarded during FY ‘23-’24: $33,210
INDIVIDUAL ORIGINAL SCHOLARSHIPS
% of total FY scholarships awarded: 47%
Amount awarded during FY ‘23-’24: $562,288
INDIVIDUAL OVERFLOW SCHOLARSHIPS
% of total FY scholarships awarded: 44%
Amount awarded during FY ‘23-’24: $140,195
STUDENTS WITH FAMILY INCOME BETWEEN 185% AND 342.25% OF POVERTY LEVEL
LOW-INCOME CORPORATE
% of total FY scholarships awarded: 60%
Amount awarded during FY ‘23-’24: $2,752,842
DISABLED / DISPLACED CORPORATE
% of total FY scholarships awarded: 34%
Amount awarded during FY ‘23-’24: $33,528
INDIVIDUAL ORIGINAL SCHOLARSHIPS
% of total FY scholarships awarded: 32%
Amount awarded during FY ‘23-’24: $380,628
INDIVIDUAL OVERFLOW SCHOLARSHIPS
% of total FY scholarships awarded: 24%
Amount awarded during FY ‘23-’24: $77,163