Niko J. Kallianiotis for The New York Times THE MONEY FINDS A HOME Hadyn Packer, 8, at a check presentation at St. John Neumann Regional, a Catholic school in Williamsport, Pa. When the Georgia legislature passed a private school scholarship program in 2008, lawmakers promoted it as a way to give poor children the same education choices as the wealthy. Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus LAWMAKER IN THE LIMELIGHT Sam Smith, speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, at a scholarship celebration. The program would be supported by donations to nonprofit scholarship groups, and Georgians who contributed would receive dollar-for-dollar tax credits, up to $2,500 a couple. The intent was that money otherwise due to the Georgia treasury — about $50 million a year — would ... Continue reading →
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