• General discussions about school choice policy developments and options. Specific proposals discussed in meetings include military school choice proposals, including H.R. 5199/S. 2517, and the Native American Education Opportunity Act, S. 1294.
• Discussions with congressional staff about bills that would amend the Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax credit for charitable contributions to a scholarship granting organization. Bills include: H.R. 895/S. 148 Education Opportunities Act and H.R. 5153

Duration: November 16, 2015 to July 31, 2018

General Issues: Education, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code

Spending: about $296,400 (But it's complicated. Here's why.)

It can be tricky to figure out how much an organization spent on a particular lobbying engagement. The law only requires lobbyists to report the amount they were paid for federal lobbying each quarter rounded to the nearest $10,000—and if it's less than $3,000 in a given quarter (or less than $13,000 for organizations with in-house lobbyists), they don't have to disclose it at all. Plus, some organizations include spending that doesn’t belong in the report—for instance, money spent lobbying state governments or other legal work.

Agencies lobbied since 2015: House of Representatives, U.S. Senate, Education - Dept of