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High school classroom

Education freedom tax credit allows Americans to deduct up to $1,700 for donating to scholarships

The proposed credit, created under Section 25F of the Internal Revenue Code as part of the 2025 tax law, is permanent and nonrefundable, and allows individuals to claim up to $1,700 a year and $3,400 for married couples filing jointly. Thirty states have already opted in to what is essentially a "school choice" option. Education Secretary Linda McMahon told Just the News "We're doing something wrong. We're failing our students."

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Every desk is taken in professor Jeanne (cq) Neil's Accounting 101 classroom at Orange Coast Community College in Costa Mesa, CA, on Sept 10, 2011.

DEI on Campus: UConn to maintain DEI office

UConn said it does not use race as a factor in any of its decisions – including admissions and hiring – and that it does not segregate or exclude on the basis of race, even as it operates its Office of Diversity and Inclusion and various cultural centers, according to a university message.