[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 22 (Thursday, February 6, 2003)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E158]
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                       HOPE PLUS SCHOLARSHIP ACT

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                             HON. RON PAUL

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 5, 2003

  Mr. PAUL. Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce the Hope Plus Scholarship 
Act, which extends the HOPE scholarship tax credit to K-12 education 
expenses. Under this bill, parents could use the HOPE Scholarship to 
pay for private or religious school tuition or to offset the cost of 
home schooling. In addition, under the bill, all Americans could use 
the Hope Scholarship to make cash or in-kind donations to public 
schools. Thus, the Hope Scholarship could help working parents finally 
afford to send their child to a private school, while other parents 
could take advantage of the Hope credit to help purchase new computers 
for their children's school. I urge my colleagues to join with me in 
returning education resources to the American people by cosponsoring my 
Hope Plus Scholarship Act.

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