HELP ALL STUDENTS

Here's hoping this tuition tax credit bill passes in NY -- it's so tiny, but there's a big battle over it because of the precedent...

WE are encouraged to hear Gov. Spitzer pledge to make a renewed push to get relief for tuition-paying families enacted by the end of this year's legislative session.

More than 500,000 New York children attend non-public schools - and the rapid rise in costs has left many families struggling to pay tuition and in desperate need of financial relief.

Thankfully, this situation captured the attention of those with the ability to do something about it. As the year began, both Gov. Spitzer and Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno proposed budgets that included a tuition-tax deduction that would have meant relief for countless grandparents and parents.

Unfortunately, combating their plans became a way for some to prove fealty to entrenched interests - keeping any such aid out of the budget adopted in April.

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HELP ALL STUDENTS

NY Post, NICHOLAS DIMARZIO & ELIE ABADIE

June 13, 2007 -- WE are encouraged to hear Gov. Spitzer pledge to make a renewed push to get relief for tuition-paying families enacted by the end of this year's legislative session.