I support school choice to give parents the power to secure the best educational opportunity for their child.
Support school choice for parents and students.
Occurrences
He is working to empower students to receive a better education and the tools they need to succeed.
Evidence
Cassidy said he was joining a Senate resolution recognizing National School Choice Week and that 'all children should have access to the best tools and resources they need to succeed' and parents should have 'the power to make educational decisions that best fit their needs.'
Congress.gov shows Sen. Cassidy as sponsor of S.4416, introduced June 16, 2022, and describes the bill as creating a tax credit for charitable donations to scholarship organizations that provide K-12 education scholarships.
Cassidy said the House-passed bill included his Educational Choice for Children Act and that this was 'the first federal school choice bill' signed into law as part of the One, Big, Beautiful Bill.
The White House proclamation says President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill last July and that it 'creates a nationwide tax credit program' making education more affordable for families, letting taxpayers support scholarship-granting organizations for school choice.
Assessments
Cassidy promised to support school choice as a federal Senate candidate. During his Senate service, he publicly supported school choice and sponsored the Educational Choice for Children Act, a concrete federal school-choice tax-credit proposal. The later 2025 enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill reportedly included his school-choice legislation and created a nationwide tax-credit program supporting scholarship-granting organizations. Because the delivered outcome occurred after the initial 2015-2021 Senate term but while Cassidy remained in the same federal office and had materially advanced the policy, this counts as delivered with later_term timing.
Cassidy promised broadly to support school choice for parents and students. During his Senate service after the 2014 campaign, he publicly supported school choice and sponsored the Educational Choice for Children Act, a federal K-12 scholarship tax-credit proposal. Evidence indicates that his school-choice legislation was incorporated into the One Big Beautiful Bill and signed into law in 2025, creating a nationwide school-choice tax-credit program. Because the enacted outcome occurred after the original Senate term but while Cassidy remained in federal office and was tied to legislation he sponsored or materially advanced, it counts as delivered with later_term timing.