U.S. Sen. Dave McCormick joined school choice advocates in Pittsburgh on Tuesday to urge Pennsylvania to opt into a federal program aiming to provide financial assistance for eligible students.

The federal tax credit scholarship program, signed into law in July, will give taxpayers credit of up to $1,700 annually to go toward certain qualified schooling expenses, including tuition, books and tutoring. It will take effect on Jan. 1, 2027.

“School choice does exist in our country today, it just exists for people that have the wealth to be able to send their kids anywhere they want,” Mr. McCormick, a Republican, said at a news conference in Oakland on Tuesday morning. “We want to make sure that opportunity, equality of opportunity, is there for every single kid.”

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