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Credits Can Teach Big Lessons  April 11, 2001  By Sol Stern
Democrats want us to believe that were it not for the
meanspirited obstruction of upstate Republicans, New York City's
poor and minority kids would be getting the education resources
they need to succeed academically. Then why aren't Democratic
lawmakers in Albany lining up to support upstate Republican
Assemblyman John Faso's education tax credit legislation?  If
this innovative bill passed, several hundred million dollars in
additional education services would immediately be available to
the city's poorest families.  The Faso bill is modeled after
programs in Minnesota, Iowa and Arizona — except that it's a lot
more generous.  Families with adjusted gross income of less than
$40,000 would get a tax credit of $1,500 per child, up to a
family maximum of $3,000, to cover educational expenses such as
private school tuition, textbooks