Nonini pitches private school tax credit bill to Senate panel
Sen.. Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d’Alene, is now pitching HB 286, his bill to grant $10 million a year in tax credits for donations to scholarships to private schools, with the idea that the state would save millions because kids would switch from public to private schools. “There’s a projected savings overall of $5.8 million” a year, Nonini told the Senate Local Government & Taxation Committee, between his estimates of savings to the state and to local school districts. The bill earlier passed the House, but very narrowly – the vote was 35-33, with two House members absent. “What this bill is is a choice in education bill,” Nonini told the Senate panel.
