Data Snapshot: Rhode Island and Iowa

With the release of the Alliance for School Choice's School Choice Yearbook 2011-12 (available for download here), we've spent the past few days on School Choice Now! highlighting some of the new data and research it contains. Our final two entries, examining Rhode Island and Iowa, are below.

Rhode Island

2011 Results

• Number of School Choice Programs: 1
• Total Number of Students: 341
• Total Number of Participating Schools: 55
• Total Expenditures: $592,015

Rhode Island Corporate Scholarship Tax Credit

A corporate scholarship tax credit program that allows corporations to donate to nonprofit organizations that send students from low-income families to the school of their parents’ choice.  The program gives a 75 percent tax credit or one-year donations and a 90 percent tax credit for two-year donations.

    Growth in Student Participation

Iowa

2011 Results

• Number of School Choice Programs: 1
• Total Number of Students: 10,820
• Total Number of Participating Schools: 158
• Total Expenditures: $11,538,448

Individual and Corporate School Tuition Organization Tax Credit

This program was expanded in 2011 by increasing the statewide cap on donations from individuals and corporations to $8.75 million in 2012, allowing even more students to receive scholarships.

    Growth in Student Participation

- American Federation for Children | Alliance for School Choice, MSG