Will support giving every family the opportunity to benefit from school choice and greater flexibility to choose the educational environment that best supports their child's needs.
Commitment kind: outcome. Promised action: Support policies that give families greater flexibility to choose educational environments for their children.. Promised outcome: Every family can benefit from school choice and all children can access an education that helps them achieve the American Dream.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. As U.S. Representative for Michigan's 5th District, Walberg made the commitment in a September 17, 2026 House press release about the Educational Opportunities Expansion Package and the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit.
Occurrences
"Last year, Republicans' Working Families Tax Cuts became law, delivering the largest expansion of school choice in history. I support giving every family the opportunity to benefit, providing parents with greater flexibility to choose the educational environment that best supports their child’s needs. All children deserve access to an education that helps them achieve the American Dream, no matter their background or address,” said Chairman Walberg.
Walberg expressed support for giving every family access to school choice benefits and flexibility in choosing the right educational environment for their child.
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"Last year, Republicans' Working Families Tax Cuts became law, delivering the largest expansion of school choice in history. I support giving every family the opportunity to benefit, providing parents with greater flexibility to choose the educational environment that best supports their child’s needs."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Walberg publicly tied the enacted 2025 tax law to school choice and reiterated the exact commitment language while announcing new expansion bills in the lookback window.
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"Mr. Smith of Nebraska (for himself, Mr. Owens, and Mr. Walberg) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): During the lookback window, Walberg joined H.R. 10412, a bill to remove the state opt-in requirement from the federal elementary and secondary scholarship credit.
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"To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to eliminate the State opt-in requirement for the qualified elementary and secondary education scholarship credit."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The bill targets a remaining barrier to nationwide access, showing continued effort but not enactment as of the refresh date.
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"Beginning Jan. 1, 2027, individual taxpayers may be able to claim a Federal Scholarship Tax Credit (FSTC) for certain cash contributions up to $1,700 to Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGOs)."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): IRS implementation guidance confirms the enacted federal school-choice tax credit is scheduled to begin in 2027.
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"SEC. 25F. QUALIFIED ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIPS."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Public Law 119-21 enacted the federal elementary and secondary scholarship tax-credit framework, a concrete school-choice delivery point, though with eligibility and state-participation limits.
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"Walberg | Walberg | Republican | MI | Aye"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The House Clerk records Walberg voting aye on final House concurrence for H.R. 1, the vehicle that became Public Law 119-21.
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"This document contains temporary regulations that address the new nonrefundable Federal tax credit for qualified contributions to scholarship granting organizations made in 2027 and later taxable years to fund qualified elementary and secondary education scholarships."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Treasury and IRS issued temporary regulations implementing the enacted Federal Scholarship Tax Credit, confirming concrete administrative progress toward the school-choice benefit beginning with 2027 taxable years.
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"As of August 2026, 30 States have elected to participate in the section 25F credit."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The proposed regulations show implementation is underway but still limited by state election participation, so the promise of every family having school-choice access remains only partially delivered nationwide.
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"The temporary regulations implement certain requirements and procedures for States that make elections to participate in this Federal tax credit and organizations that have been certified as scholarship granting organizations by one or more participating States."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The implementation rule confirms the program remains conditioned on state elections and certified scholarship organizations, limiting full nationwide delivery of the 'every family' promise.
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"Mr. Smith of Nebraska (for himself, Mr. Owens, and Mr. Walberg) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means"
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Walberg joined a bill to remove the state opt-in barrier, but the record shows referral to committee rather than enactment, so the expansion effort remains unresolved.
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"Section 25F(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting ``(200 percent such amount in the case of a joint return)'' before the period at the end."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Walberg joined a companion bill to increase the scholarship-credit cap for married joint filers, showing additional school-choice flexibility effort that had not been enacted in the lookback window.
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"A state or the District of Columbia (state) must choose to participate in the FSTC and provide a list of SGOs in that state to the IRS before an individual taxpayer can donate to an SGO within that state and claim the FSTC."
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): IRS guidance confirms the enacted credit is operationally limited by state participation and SGO lists, so the promise of every family being able to benefit remains only partially delivered.