THE FEDERAL SCHOLARSHIP TAX CREDIT PROGRAM IS NEARING On Oct. 1, Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, slammed the FSTC, incoherently saying, “This scheme is a poison pill for the 90 percent of American children who attend public schools. Instead of strengthening public education, President Trump is diverting $500 billion in taxpayer cash into private hands, with everyone else left fighting for scraps in a real-life Hunger Games.”
Some rules are still being finalized. Here’s what we know so far.
Effective Jan. 1, the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit Program (FSTC)—part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law by President Donald Trump in July 2025—will become the largest school-choice program in the U.S.