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Read. Follow. Verify.North Dakota bill creates up to $1,000 income tax credit for home education expenses
Last action · February 25, 2025: Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 15 nays 30Sponsors: Mike Schatz and 7 others
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What This Bill Proposed
North Dakota considered a measure to provide an income tax credit of up to $1,000 per for qualified home education expenses, effective for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2024.
Families providing home education could have reduced state income tax liability based on money spent on books, computers, and educational materials.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Taxpayers providing home education
Taxpayers educating a qualifying child at home are eligible to claim an income tax credit of up to $1,000 per child for approved educational expenses.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the maximum tax credit a family can receive per child for home education expenses?
What types of educational expenses qualify for the tax credit?
What are the age and schooling requirements for a qualifying child?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Failed in the Senate.
Procedural history
10 actions- Feb 25, 2025SenateSecond reading, failed to pass, yeas 15 nays 30
- Feb 21, 2025SenateCommitteeReported back, do not pass, placed on calendar 5 1 0
- Feb 17, 2025SenateCommitteeCommittee Hearing 10:00
- Feb 13, 2025SenateIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee
- Jan 28, 2025SenateReceived from House
- Jan 27, 2025HouseFloorSecond reading, passed, yeas 65 nays 27
Show 4 earlier actions
- Jan 24, 2025HouseCommitteeAmendment adopted, placed on calendar
- Jan 23, 2025HouseCommitteeReported back amended, do pass, amendment placed on calendar 8 6 0
- Jan 21, 2025HouseCommitteeCommittee Hearing 11:00
- Jan 13, 2025HouseIntroducedIntroduced, first reading, referred Finance and Taxation Committee
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy50Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz35Current news / social attention level
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