| Dear Agudah Activists: We need your help! The first step in our community's current struggle to obtain tuition and other educational relief for our families is scheduled for this Wednesday, September 11, when the House Ways and Means Committee will consider a multi-billion-dollar tax credit proposal entitled the "Educational Choice for Children Act (ECCA)" (H.R. 9462). This bill has gained momentum in Congress and is the fastest and surest way to bring school choice to all 50 states. We need you to urge your representatives to support the bill. ECCA offers one critical form of "school choice" – methods that lessen the financial burden on parents and provide broader options for parents to choose schools best suited for their children, whether they be public, private, or religious. This bill will encourage taxpayers to invest in education and cover a range of expenses facing all children regardless of the school they attend. It does this by allowing a dollar-for-dollar federal tax credit for taxpayers who contribute to Scholarship Granting Organizations (SGO). These SGOs would then provide scholarships for a range of educational expenses, including private school tuition! We all appreciate how devastating the tuition burden is on our community. This approach, with its nearly universal eligibility, promises to be of great benefit to Jewish parents who are committed - but struggle — to giving their children a sound Torah education. It is vital that you contact your representatives by email using the action alert by clicking here. Congress must hear your voice. Agudath Israel has been at the forefront of crafting and promoting ECCA as well as similar school choice legislation on the state and federal levels. We have submitted a legislative memo to the House Ways and Means Committee in support of ECCA, explaining the impact the legislation would have for the Orthodox Jewish community and on the benefits to all schoolchildren. But we can't do this without you. The Committee will take up the bill on Wednesday, so time is of the essence. Thank you and hatzlacha! | 
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