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Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act of 2026

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the tax credit for contributions of individuals to scholarship granting organizations, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jun 11, 2026

Latest action (Jun 11, 2026) Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Referred to
Ways and Means Committee
Policy area
Taxation
Issues
Economy & TaxesEducation

Summary
  • Repeals the federal tax credit for individual contributions to scholarship granting organizations (section 25F of the Internal Revenue Code)
  • Repeals the exclusion from gross income for amounts received from scholarship granting organizations (section 139K of the Internal Revenue Code)
  • Makes conforming amendments to the tax code to remove references to the repealed provisions
  • Eliminates the federal tax deduction and credit for donations to organizations that provide scholarships to students
  • Eliminates the federal tax benefit for individuals who receive scholarships from such organizations
  • Effective for taxable years ending after December 31, 2026

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Sponsor (1)
100 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Jun 11, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
  2. Jun 11, 2026 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 4297 — Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act · Introduced Apr 15, 2026 · Cong. 119 89%
  • S 292 — Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025 · Introduced Jan 29, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • HR 3519 — Universal School Choice Act · Introduced May 20, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • HR 833 — Educational Choice for Children Act of 2025 · Introduced Jan 31, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 817 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a credit against tax for charitable donations to nonprofit organizations providing education scholarships to qualified elementary and secondary students. · Introduced Jan 28, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 2798 — High-Quality Charter Schools Act · Introduced Apr 9, 2025 · Cong. 119 63%

Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 11, 2026

Ms. Moore of Wisconsin (for herself, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Frost, Mrs. Grijalva, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Thompson of California, Mr. Doggett, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Sewell, Ms. DelBene, Ms. Chu, Mr. Beyer, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Ansari, Ms. Brownley, Ms. Budzinski, Ms. Bynum, Mr. Carson, Mr. Casar, Ms. Castor of Florida, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Clyburn, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Craig, Ms. DeGette, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. DeSaulnier, Ms. Dexter, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Figures, Mrs. Foushee, Mr. Garamendi, Mr. Garcia of Illinois, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Mrs. Hayes, Ms. Norton, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Ivey, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Kelly of Illinois, Mr. Khanna, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Lee of Pennsylvania, Mr. Mannion, Ms. Matsui, Mrs. McBath, Ms. McBride, Ms. McCollum, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. McIver, Mr. Menefee, Ms. Omar, Ms. Pingree, Mr. Quigley, Mr. Raskin, Ms. Salinas, Ms. Scanlon, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Simon, Mr. Stanton, Mr. Takano, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Tokuda, Mr. Tonko, Ms. Underwood, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Ms. Williams of Georgia, Ms. Wilson of Florida, Ms. Sanchez, and Mr. Moulton) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

A BILL

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the tax credit for contributions of individuals to scholarship granting organizations, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Keep Public Funds in Public Schools Act of 2026”.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF TAX CREDIT FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCHOLARSHIP GRANTING ORGANIZATIONS.

(a) Tax Credit.—

(1) In general.—Subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking section 25F.

(2) Conforming amendments.—

(A) Section 25(e)(1)(C) of such Code is amended by striking “25D, and 25F” and inserting “and 25D”.

(B) The table of sections for subpart A of part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by striking the item relating to section 25F.

(b) Exclusion From Gross Income.—

(1) In general.—Part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by striking section 139K.

(2) Conforming amendment.—The table of sections for part III of subchapter B of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by striking the item relating to section 139K.

(c) Effective Date.—

(1) In general.—Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years ending after December 31, 2026.

(2) Exclusion from gross income.—The amendments made by subsection (b) shall apply to amounts received after December 31, 2026, in taxable years ending after such date. <all>

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