WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) joined U.S. Representative Adrian Smith (R-NE-03) and a bicameral group of colleagues in introducing the Educational Opportunities Expansion Package, which includes two bills to strengthen the Federal Scholarship Tax Credit, a key provision of the Working Families Tax Cuts (https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/cassidy-stands-with-president-trump-passes-one-big-beautiful-bill/). The package aims to expand educational opportunities for students nationwide by removing the current state opt-in requirement (https://www.cassidy.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/GAI26573.pdf) and ensuring that scholarship dono...