March 12, 2009 4:28PM 

# Education Tax Credits Upheld, Again 

By [Adam B. Schaeffer](https://www.cato.org/people/adam-b-schaeffer) 

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The decision by the Arizona court of Appeals today [upholding](http://ij.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2637&Itemid=165) the constitutionality of the [business tax credit program](https://www.cato.org/2009/01/28/behold-the-power-of-education-tax-credits-and-tremble/) should put to bed once and for all these frivolous lawsuits against tax credits. Opponents are wasting their money.

[Education tax credits](https://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=9255) are *taxpayer* funds and therefore cannot run afoul of state constitutional provisions regarding the use of *government* funds. It really is just that simple.

Some school choice supporters have given up on vouchers because of recent disappointments and think that means the end for private school choice. They forget the most successful school choice policy in recent years is education tax credits.

Not only have tax credit programs been [passed and expanded](https://www.cato.org/2008/09/24/school-choice-q-a/) with regularity (GA just passed a $50 million, universal program last year), education tax credits have proven bullet-proof in court.

Education tax credits are the [future](https://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-605.pdf) for school choice, and it’s looking pretty bright.

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