BULGER PROPOSES TAX BREAK FOR PAROCHIAL SCHOOL TUITIONS

From: The Boston Globe | Date: May 29, 1987| Author: Chris Black, Globe Staff | Copyright information

Senate President William M. Bulger has proposed state tuition tax deductions of $1,000 and $1,500 to primarily benefit parents of parochial and private school students.

"I would hope we could give some sort of encouragement to parents who are sacrificing to send their children to parochial schools," said Bulger, a longtime parochial education supporter who has led an unsuccessful campaign in recent years to amend the state constitution to provide public assistance to parochial sc...

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