BOAST Maryland seeks to ensure that every student in Maryland has access to affordable, high-quality educational opportunities. Our mission is to create new opportunities by strengthening the partnership between the business and education communities.

The BOAST Tax Credit proposal could produce net fiscal savings to the state of Maryland ranging from $7 million to $267 million over a 10-year period, according to a new report released by the Foundation for Educational Choice. Read more.

The Maryland Catholic bishops and the leaders of Agudath Israel of Maryland and the Orthodox Union have issued statements on the Maryland House's failure to pass BOAST.

After attempting to stall and substantially alter the BOAST bill, the House Ways and Means Committee voted against the legislation, which had 75 House co-sponsors. Read the full story in The Baltimore Sun.

In a March 3 letter to the chairman of the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee, Governor Martin O'Malley urged legislators to pass the BOAST Maryland Tax Credit (SB 385/HB946). Read more in The Catholic Review and The Washington Post.