I see school vouchers and tax credits as more ways to boost the economy and weaken the magnet for illegal aliens. If measures like this become widespread, government schools will become entertainment for only the derelicts and illegal aliens. Not very attractive even for an illegal.

Oklahoma House passes private school tax credits measure

MICHAEL MCNUTT mmcnutt@opubco.com Oklahoman, April 27, 2011

Tax credits would be established to provide money for private school scholarships under a bill approved Tuesday by the House.

Senate Bill 969 would allow companies to donate as much as $100,000 to a nonprofit organization that would award the scholarships. Couples could donate up to $2,000, while individuals could donate up to $1,000.
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The measure would allow a tax credit equal to 50 percent of the total amount of contribution to a nonprofit, scholarship-granting organization. The organizations would have to be formed if the measure becomes law.

For the most part, eligible public school students would be able to seek a maximum annual scholarship of $5,000. Students with special needs could receive up to $25,000 a year. The scholarships would be for public school students in low-income families or in low-performing schools.

The House passed the measure by a vote of 64-33. It goes back to the Senate.

Opponents, mostly Democrats, argued against the measure, saying it would be a tax voucher.

“This is not a voucher,â€