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HR 1056 - Family Education Freedom Act of 2007
SUMMARY AS OF:
2/14/2007--Introduced.
Family Education Freedom Act of 2007 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit of up to $5,000 (adjusted for inflation after 2007) per student per year for the cost of attendance at any educational institution (including any private, parochial, religious, or home school) organized to provide elementary or secondary education, or both.
See GovTrack: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-1056
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Thomas: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d110:h1056:
While, at the outset, this appears a promising bill, it again poses the potentially problematic issue of flirting with federalization of home education by virtue of formally naming the practice within the text of this bill.
Senator Ron Paul 's reasons for introducing the bill is ostensibly to help " empower millions of working and middle-class Americans to choose a non-public education for their children, as well as making it easier for parents to actively participate in improving public schools. The Family Education Freedom Act accomplishes it goals by allowing American parents a tax credit of up to ($5,000) for the expenses incurred in sending their child to private, public, parochial, other religious school, or for home schooling their children."
While HSLDA is supportive of the measure, National Home Education Legal Defense (NHELD) observes, "the risk of such substantial government intrusion and the unending ability of the IRS to adopt regulations regarding a home school far outweighs any negligible monetary benefit."
Additional commentary Home Education Magazine News and Commentary : http://www.homeedmag.com/blogs/newscomm/?p=1202
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