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Friday, September 10, 2010

BOAST News

Read the full report by the Foundation for Educational Choice

BOAST Tax Credit could save Maryland taxpayers $267 million

By Brian Gottlob, The Foundation for Educational Choice

Read the full story here. The BOAST Tax Credit proposal could produce net fiscal savings to the state of Maryland ranging from $7 million to $267 million over a 10-year

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6/13/2010	Orthodox Union facilitates key community leadership meeting in District 20 Read the full story here.
6/10/2010	Md. Teacher Marks 75 Years In Classroom Read the full story here. When Franklin D. Roosevelt was president and a loaf of bread cost about 8
5/17/2010	BOAST Tax Credit could save Maryland taxpayers $267 million Read the full story here. The BOAST Tax Credit proposal could produce net fiscal savings to the
4/30/2010	Lessons From Catholic Schools for Public Educators Read the full story in The New York Times. Within the 242 pages of Diane Ravitch’s lightning rod of a book,
4/16/2010	Tax credit supporters cry foul, vow to fight on Read the full story in The Baltimore Sun. Supporters of a
4/13/2010	Agudath Israel of Maryland Disappointed by BOAST Outcome Read the full story in the Yeshiva World News. Late
4/13/2010	BOAST failure disappoints Maryland Catholic Conference Read the full story in The Catholic Review. As confetti rained down on lawmakers to mark the April
4/11/2010	Private school aid bill stalled in House as clock ticks Read the full story at MarylandReport.com. A House subcommittee has suspended work on a Senate-passed bill aiding private
4/11/2010	News release: Proposed BOAST amendments gut tax credit, exclude Jewish schools The House Ways and Means Committee will tomorrow consider amendments to the popular and widely-supported BOAST Maryland Tax Credit (SB 385/HB 946) that would completely eliminate students at the state’s
3/31/2010	A boost for private and public education Read the full editorial in The Baltimore Sun. The news that 13 Catholic schools
3/28/2010	Measure seeking funding for Maryland private schools gains momentum Read the full story in The Washington Post. A long-sought measure that could channel
3/18/2010	Baltimore archbishop urges corporate income tax credit to aid schools Read the full story in The Baltimore Sun. Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien invoked the recently
3/10/2010	Maryland needs BOAST Read the full story in the Frederick News Post. Educating children usually ranks
3/4/2010	O'Malley endorses tax credit for school donations Read the full story in the Capital News Service.
3/3/2010	Governor O’Malley supports BOAST measure Read the full story in The Catholic Review. One day before Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien was to
3/3/2010	Group rallies for bill to help private education Read the full story on WBAL.com. Hundreds of students rallied in Annapolis in support of legislation to help curb the
3/3/2010	O'Malley backs tax credit to help private schools Read the full story in The Washington Post. Maryland
3/3/2010	Private school aid might get vote in House Read the full story in the MarylandReporter.com. A key House committee might finally vote on giving tax relief to businesses
3/2/2010	School closings add urgency Read the full story in The Baltimore Sun. Advocates of a business tax credit that
3/1/2010	Report by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute shows that some public schools serve very few minority and low-income students. This new analysis by the Thomas B. Fordham Institute finds that more than 1.7 million American children attend "private public schools" -- public schools that serve virtually no poor students.
2/28/2010	Archdiocese to announce school closings Read the full story in The Baltimore Sun. Over the past decade, Principal
1/30/2010	Archdiocese of Washington to close or merge four Catholic schools Read the full story in The Washington Post. Two Washington area Catholic schools