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ECS Document Collections
ECS regularly issues useful compilations, summaries and/or comparisons of state policies — enacted or pending — on a wide variety of education topics, listed on the right. For a list of our most current documents, please see our What's New page.

Please use the links below to download PDFs that include all the documents for a given year.

If you'd like to order a print copy, contact the ECS Distribution Center at 303.299.3692 or jivey@ecs.org.

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ECS Policy Analysis Topics:

(Note: Not all topics have an ECS document associated with them. If you are looking for information on a specific topic, you can use our search function.)

Choice of Schools

Vouchers, Scholarship Tax Credits, and Individual Tax Credits and Deductions PDF - This analysis provides details of the existing voucher, scholarship tax credit, and individual tax credit and deduction policies in the states, presents opposing viewpoints about them, briefly summarizes the existing research concerning these policies, and offers key policy questions for state leaders to consider (Emily Workman, ECS, October 2012)...

From the ECS State Policy Database: Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

State Aid to Nonpublic Schools PDF - This document identifies state nonpublic school aid other than tax benefits, vouchers and alternative tuition programs. (Chris Leahy, ECS, March 2012)...

State Policies for Open Enrollment Database - This searchable database contains information about the state policies for open enrollment in each state. It includes individual state profiles, comparisons of state policies across several states and predetermined reports. (Education Commssion of the States, 2011)...

From the ECS State Policy Database: Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

Vouchers, Tax Credits and Tax Deductions MS Word - This policy brief summarizes existing voucher, tax credit and tax deduction policies in states, presents opposing viewpoints about them, briefly summarizes the existing research concerning these policies and offers key policy questions for state leaders to consider. (Todd Ziebarth, Education Commission of the States, March 2005)...

From the ECS State Policy Database: Choice of Schools--Tax Credits - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

From the ECS State Policy Database: Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

From the ECS State Policy Database: Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

From the ECS State Policy Database: Choice of Schools--Vouchers - This policy database—updated weekly—is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States....

 
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