Advance education savings accounts via federal spending portability and tax credits
Mandate’s principles call for empowering family choice through portability of existing federal education dollars and/or federal tax credits for contributions to nonprofit-managed K–12 ESAs, plus special federal responsibility for military, D.C., and Tribal students.
Mandate
Mandate Ch. 11 (Education) — Core principles / Advancing education freedom: empowering families via portability of existing federal education spending to fund families directly or federal tax credits encouraging voluntary contributions to K–12 ESAs managed by charitable nonprofits; providing education choice for “federal” children (military, D.C., Tribes) housed in agencies already serving those families.
Undo plan
1) Design any federal ESA/tax-credit carefully to protect civil rights, disability services, and fiscal transparency.
2) Avoid diverting Title I/IDEA without hold-harmless for high-need public schools.
3) Pilot military/D.C./Tribal choice expansions with outcome evaluation.
4) Prohibit federal curriculum mandates attached to choice dollars.
5) Verify: participation, achievement, and public-school finance impacts.