Could School Credits Save McClellanville?

March 25th, 2009 Ramblings Daniel Bates 9 Comments

With poor school performances rampant in Charleston County and the state as a whole, State Senator Robert Ford has finally decided that school tax credits for parents choosing to send their children to private schools could be the only solution to parents wanting the best possible option for their children’s future.  The bill, as reported on by The Post and Courier, would “provide children with a tuition tax credit worth $2,433 for most, $4,867 for students with special needs and $3,650 for those who attend a failing school”.  The P&C goes on to report that “Scholarships funded by charitable contributions also would be available for children whose parents earn up to 200 percent of the federal poverty line, which is $44,100 for a family of four. ”

McClellanville’s Archibald Rutledge Academy, where I attended from 4 year-old Kindergarten until graduation and would like to some day send my 2 year-old son, is one such school that could greatly benefit from such a bill.   A $2433 tax credit for a school with a $3500 tuition would be huge for local parents who are seeing less and less in their paychecks.  The bill would actually cover the entire tuition for children in poorer families, opening the educational possibilities to so many more children.  

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