In 2001, the Pennsylvania legislature established the Educational Improvement Tax Credit program administered by the Department of Community and Economic Development. The tuition tax credit program gives tax credits to corporations that make contributions to scholarship organizations (SO) or educational improvement organizations (EIO). SOs provide students with vouchers that can be used at private and religious schools; EIOs funnel corporate contributions to public schools to support innovative educational programs.
Thank You: 2024 EITC Partners
In 2024-2025 EITC Funds helped support:
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32 Residencies across Adams, Franklin, Fulton & York Counties
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465 days of artists working directly in the community
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1,775 total number of core group students served
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12,922 total # of people in the community served
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Over $120,000 put into the pockets of local teaching artists
Residency Highlight: Sideling Hill Turnpike Project
Building a Future One Tile at a Time: How an artist-led school residency shaped Isaac Horning’s life
In 2008, eight year old Isaac Horning met future Arts in Education Director, Justin Ayala to help create a mural in his elementary school...Current Arts in Education Director, Justin Ayala sitting with Isaac Horning under the mural-site at Loganville-Springfield...
Inspired by the area’s natural beauty and Pennsylvania’s native landscape, the sculpture includes a summer and fall oak tree panel on each side, with the Keystone logo and Liberty Bell within the trees. A sign reading “Bike Wash” in soap-bubble-like font, sits on the top. Visitors riding nearby trails can access a hose at the bike wash to clean up after riding.
The project is led by Carolyn Mottern, an art teacher at Southern Fulton High School, Bruce Shipley – a Fulton County Area Vocational Technical School welding instructor, and Jeremy Waak – a sculptor, metalsmith and teaching artist for PA Council on the Arts.
Read about the Project Dedication event HERE