A memo from James Harvey, CEO of the National Superintendents Roundtable:

The House GOP unveiled a 429-page tax reform bill late this week that lowered the corporate tax rate from 35 to 20 percent, raised the standard deduction, and sought to keep lost revenue down to $1.5 trillion by eliminating dozens of deductions now available in the existing tax code. Several press accounts document the profound impact these changes will have on students, families, and educational institutions. Here’s what’s on the chopping block:

Existing Tax Code

Deduction for interest on student loans
Eliminate

Deduction for college tuition
Eliminate

Business deduction for employees’ tuition
Eliminate

Coverdell Education Savings Accounts*
Eliminate

Section 529 college savings accounts*
Add K-12 private schools

$250 teacher deduction for supplies
Eliminate

Deduction for state sales taxes**
Eliminate

Deduction for state/local income taxes**
Eliminate

Deduction for property taxes**
Cap at $10,000

* Coverdell Education Savings Accounts are tax-free accounts for middle- and lower-income families to pay up to $2,000 for qualified education costs, including college costs and some private K-12 expenses. Although eliminating this vehicle, the House GOP package simultaneously extends the existing Section 529 college savings program to permit all parents, no matter how wealthy, to set aside up to $10,000 tax-free for K-12 private schools.

** These income sources at the local level are the foundation of school funding. Limitations on these features will make passage of school levies and bonds more difficult, as voters realize their state and local taxes can no longer be used to off-set their federal tax liabilities and that they will be taxed on taxes already paid.