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From:    Agudath Israel of America
Sent:    Tuesday,February7,20064:43PM
Subject: URGENT LEGISLATIVE ACTION ALERT
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|Dear Friends:                                                            |
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|We pay taxes to support a public school system that our children do not  |
|attend, while at the same time paying increasing tuition to give our     |
|children a yeshiva education.  For years, people have asked, why cant    |
|something be done to help relieve this double burden?                    |
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|This year, we believe something can be done. Governor Pataki has included|
|a proposal for tuition tax credits in his budget, and there is also a    |
|major tuition tax credit bill gathering support in the State             |
|Legislature.  Were working hard to generate support in the legislature   |
|for these proposals, but to succeed we need your help!                   |
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|Tuition tax credits would be of great benefit to many families in our    |
|community.   Under the Governor's proposal, for example, families who    |
|live in failing public school districts (which includes all of New York  |
|City) whose adjusted annual gross income is under $75,000, would receive |
|$500 for each child in yeshiva.  Those making up to $90,000 would receive|
|a smaller per-child credit. Under the Lopez-Golden bill, the benefits    |
|would be available even more broadly and more generously.  The bottom    |
|line is that a tuition tax credit is the equivalent of giving each       |
|eligible family a cash refund for part of the tuition they pay for each  |
|child in yeshiva.                                                        |
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|The sponsors of the tax credit legislation have personally asked us to do|
|all we can to demonstrate massive grassroots support for the passage of  |
|tax credit legislation.  There are powerful forces opposed to such       |
|legislation, and we therefore need to show the legislators in Albany, in |
|a dramatic way, that there is strong public support for this vital       |
|initiative.                                                              |
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|We therefore urge you,   if you are at all able to do so, to attend a    |
|major rally in Albany on February 14 to show your support for tuition tax|
|credits.  Nothing will show the legislature more clearly how deeply we   |
|care about this issue than having concerned voters take a day off from   |
|their busy lives to travel to the State Capitol and stand up for this    |
|vital legislation.                                                       |
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|Many schools will be providing bus transportation to the rally directly; |
|please contact your local yeshiva elementary or high school for more     |
|information.  If the schools in your area will not be sending a bus,     |
|please contact Dovid Tanenbaum of our office (212-797-9000 ext. 321 or   |
|[mailto:dtanenbaum@agudathisrael.org] dtanenbaum@agudathisrael.org) to   |
|register for the rally and to receive bus transportation information.    |
|                                                                         |
|We have never had such an opportunity before; we may never get such an   |
|opportunity again.  Please make every effort to participate!             |
|                                                                         |
|And please forward this e-mail to everyone you think appropriate.        |
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|Sincerely,                                                               |
|                                                                         |
|Chaim Dovid Zwiebel, Executive Vice President for Government and Public  |
|Affairs                                                                  |
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