S1813-119

In Committee

High-Quality Charter Schools Act

119th Congress Introduced May 20, 2025

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill creates amendment to IRC inserting new section 25F providing a 75% tax credit for qualified contributions to eligible charter school organizations, capped at the greater of 10% AGI or $5,000, with 5-year carryforward, creates full text of new IRC section 25F establishing the 75% tax credit for contributions to eligible charter school organizations with definitions, credit limits, carryforward, and volume cap provisions, and requires new subchapter in IRC Chapter 42 penalizing eligible charter school organizations that fail to expend qualified contributions within required timeframes, with 100% expenditure requirement, 10% admin safe. It relies on tax credits, definition changes, compliance mandates, and reporting requirements. The main policy areas are Education and Finance.

Who Benefits and How

Eligible charter school organizations could gain revenue opportunities, Charter management organizations could gain revenue opportunities, and High-income individual taxpayers could see lower costs.

Who Bears the Burden and How

Federal tax revenue could lose revenue opportunities, Eligible charter school organizations would take on compliance duties, and Charter school organizations receiving donations would take on compliance duties.

Key Provisions

  • Creates amendment to IRC inserting new section 25F providing a 75% tax credit for qualified contributions to eligible charter school organizations, capped at the greater of 10% AGI or $5,000, with 5-year carryforward...
  • Creates full text of new IRC section 25F establishing the 75% tax credit for contributions to eligible charter school organizations with definitions, credit limits, carryforward, and volume cap provisions.
  • Requires new subchapter in IRC Chapter 42 penalizing eligible charter school organizations that fail to expend qualified contributions within required timeframes, with 100% expenditure requirement, 10% admin safe...
  • Requires codified text of section 4969 establishing penalties for charter school organizations failing to expend qualified contributions, including expenditure requirements and definitions.
  • Establishes a $5 billion annual volume cap on charter school tax credits with $10 million per-state allocation, national pool for remainder, first-come-first-served basis, 5% escalator when 90% utilized, and real-time...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill creates amendment to IRC inserting new section 25F providing a 75% tax credit for qualified contributions to eligible charter school organizations, capped at the greater of 10% AGI or $5,000, with 5-year carryforward, creates full text of new IRC section 25F establishing the 75% tax credit for contributions to eligible charter school organizations with definitions, credit limits, carryforward, and volume cap provisions, and requires new subchapter in IRC Chapter 42 penalizing eligible charter school organizations that fail to expend qualified contributions within required timeframes, with 100% expenditure requirement, 10% admin safe.

Key Policy Areas

Education, Finance

Primary Purpose

The bill creates amendment to IRC inserting new section 25F providing a 75% tax credit for qualified contributions to eligible charter school organizations, capped at the greater of 10% AGI or $5,000, with 5-year carryforward, creates full text of new IRC section 25F establishing the 75% tax credit for contributions to eligible charter school organizations with definitions, credit limits, carryforward, and volume cap provisions, and requires new subchapter in IRC Chapter 42 penalizing eligible charter school organizations that fail to expend qualified contributions within required timeframes, with 100% expenditure requirement, 10% admin safe.

Policy Domains

Education Finance

Tax Credit for Contributions (Section 2)

Identified Gains
  • Eligible charter school organizations
  • Charter management organizations
  • High-income individual taxpayers
  • Individual taxpayer donors
  • Charter school organizations in all 50 states
Model: codex-gpt-5:bulk-repair | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: is
Individual taxpayer donors:
Charter management organizations:
High-income individual taxpayers:
Eligible charter school organizations:
Charter school organizations in all 50 states:
Identified Costs
  • Federal tax revenue
  • Eligible charter school organizations
  • Charter school organizations receiving donations
  • Traditional public schools
Model: codex-gpt-5:bulk-repair | Version: bill_summary_v2 | Source: is
Federal tax revenue: ,
Traditional public schools:
Eligible charter school organizations:
Charter school organizations receiving donations:

Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Mar 19, 2026

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.

May 20, 2025

Mr. Scott of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which …

May 20, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

May 20, 2025

Introduced in Senate

Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Education
9 mentions across 6 clauses
+6 positive -3 negative

Charter management organizations, Charter school accountability, Charter school organizations

Eligible charter school organizations faces effects in multiple directions

Positive-direction: Charter management organizations, Charter school accountability, Charter school organizations, Charter school organizations in all 50 states, Charter school parents and students

Negative-direction: Charter school organizations receiving donations, Traditional public schools

Taxpayers
3 mentions across 3 clauses
+3 positive

Charter school donors, High-income individual taxpayers, Individual taxpayer donors

Government
2 mentions across 2 clauses
-2 negative

Federal tax revenue

Accountants
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

Independent certified public accountants

State & Local Government
1 mention across 1 clause
+1 positive

States with large charter school sectors

7/8
sections analyzed
Full impact breakdown

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Education Finance
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ Secretary of the Treasury
Domains
Tax Education
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ Secretary of the Treasury
Domains
Tax
Actor Mappings
"the_secretary"
→ Secretary of the Treasury
Domains
Education

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
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