Exclusive | Youngkin mounts new ad blitz for Trumps school-choice freedom scholarships in battleground states

WASHINGTON — GOP former Virginia Gov.Glenn Youngkin’s school-choice advocacy group is launching another multimillion-dollar ad blitz in more key gubernatorial battleground states.The ads — this time targeting highly competitive governor’s races in Georgia, Iowa, and Nevada — will aim to continue to raise awareness about the Education Freedom Tax Credit, or “freedom scholarships,” that help K-12 students pay for private school, as well as cover some tutoring, after-school programs or transportation costs for those in public school.“It basically opens up the opportunity for families and students to make choices about their educational freedom or future,” said Youngkin, who helped design the program, to The Post.“Everything from, do I want to stay at the current school I’m at, or do I want to go to to a different school, private school with tuition, or do I need incremental tutoring activities after school or weekend help,” he said.The EFTC program, nestled in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, gives those who donate up to $1,700 annually to scholarship-granting organizations a 100% federal tax credit.

The organizations then give away the money through the “freedom scholarships.”This current ad buy is phase II of the campaign.Last month, Youngkin’s group, Empowering America’s Parents, previously rolled out an ad blitz in Arizona, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — battleground states with Democratic governors.“We have states like Nevada and Iowa and Georgia where the current governors have opted in, but in order for them to stay opted in following the governor’s election, the newly elected governors in each one of those states will have to continue to opt in,” Youngkin explained about the rationale behind phase II.“I think it’s really important for voters as they head into the fall to understand where the respected candidates stand, and particularly in states where there is an election,” he said.

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