One bold, cost-saving suggestion for Colorado K-12 made by the Education Policy Center’s Ben DeGrow at the January 6 Colorado Budget Summit (hosted by the Republican Study Committee of Colorado), drew attention from the media. Highlighting a series of recommendations from the Independence Institute’s new Citizens’ Budget report, Patrick Malone of the Pueblo Chieftain wrote:

Similarly, the report recommended tax credits for tuition at private K-12 schools.

Ben DeGrow of the Independence Institute recommended making the credits available primarily for those students who withdrew from public schools to enroll in private ones, and that the credit should be extended to not only families, but also corporations and individuals who fund scholarships to private schools.

You can find more information on the tuition tax credit proposal and other cost-saving ideas in the K-12 education chapter of the Citizens’ Budget.