(The Center Square) – Two months after Congress passed the country’s first federal tax-credit scholarship program, it remains to be seen if Washington state Gov. Bob Ferguson will opt the state in, so families can take advantage of school choice scholarships.

The federal tax credit would enable families with limited means to access private and religious schools or supplement instruction and resources for students in public schools. However, to participate, states have to opt in by January 2027 and submit a list to the U.S. Treasury Department of the Scholarship Granting Organizations, or SGOs, in their states that meet the requirements of federal law.

Those requirements include being a 501(c)(3) organization, spending 90% or more of income from qualified contributions on scholarships,

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