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Lobbying Spend
$1.2M
Filings
58
Firms Hired
1
Active Period
2009–2026
Client-reported lobbying expenses on LDA filings
Lobbying firms retained by this client; amounts are client-reported expenses when available
Government entities explicitly identified as targets in LDA filings
Most frequently reported lobbying issues
Bill numbers found in source-reported LDA specific issue text; broad topic matches are excluded
SOAR Permanent Authorization Act
2021 · second_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
Colyandro + Frank advocated to support agreement between the DOE and the Texas Education Agency to create an ongoing payment mechanism for special education students in Texas. John Schilling discussed federal school choice legislation and provisions in larger bills of interest to school choice supporters with congressional staff, including S 114 SOAR Act and annual appropriation for the act.
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: S 114
SOAR Permanent Authorization Act
2021 · third_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
Colyandro + Frank advocated to support agreement between the DOE and the Texas Education Agency to create an ongoing payment mechanism for special education students in Texas. John Schilling discussed federal school choice legislation and provisions in larger bills of interest to school choice supporters with congressional staff, including S 114 SOAR Act and annual appropriation for the act.
Client expense: $60,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: S 114
SOAR Permanent Authorization Act
2021 · second_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
Colyandro + Frank advocated to support agreement between the DOE and the Texas Education Agency to create an ongoing payment mechanism for special education students in Texas. John Schilling discussed federal school choice legislation and provisions in larger bills of interest to school choice supporters with congressional staff, including S 114 SOAR Act and annual appropriation for the act.
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: S 114
SOAR Permanent Authorization Act
2021 · second_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
Colyandro + Frank advocated to support agreement between the DOE and the Texas Education Agency to create an ongoing payment mechanism for special education students in Texas. John Schilling discussed federal school choice legislation and provisions in larger bills of interest to school choice supporters with congressional staff, including S 114 SOAR Act and annual appropriation for the act.
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: S 114
USA Workforce Tax Credit Act
2018 · third_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
Discussions with congressional staff about bills that would amend Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax credit for charitable contributions to a scholarship granting organization. Bills include H.R. 895/S. 148 Education Opportunities Act and H.R. 5153. Lobbied in favor of federal tax credit scholarship.
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 5153
Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2018
2018 · third_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
To ensure that the District of Columbia SOAR Act appropriation is increased; worked on technical changes to the program. Educated House and Senate offices on school choice policy developments and options. Discussed military school choice proposals, including H.R. 5199/S. 2517, and the Native American Education Opportunity Act, S. 1294.
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 5199
Educational Opportunities Act
2018 · third_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
Discussions with congressional staff about bills that would amend Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax credit for charitable contributions to a scholarship granting organization. Bills include H.R. 895/S. 148 Education Opportunities Act and H.R. 5153. Lobbied in favor of federal tax credit scholarship.
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 895
Native American Education Opportunity Act
2018 · third_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
To ensure that the District of Columbia SOAR Act appropriation is increased; worked on technical changes to the program. Educated House and Senate offices on school choice policy developments and options. Discussed military school choice proposals, including H.R. 5199/S. 2517, and the Native American Education Opportunity Act, S. 1294.
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: S. 1294
Educational Opportunities Act
2018 · third_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
Discussions with congressional staff about bills that would amend Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax credit for charitable contributions to a scholarship granting organization. Bills include H.R. 895/S. 148 Education Opportunities Act and H.R. 5153. Lobbied in favor of federal tax credit scholarship.
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: S. 148
Military Education Savings Account Act of 2018
2018 · third_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
To ensure that the District of Columbia SOAR Act appropriation is increased; worked on technical changes to the program. Educated House and Senate offices on school choice policy developments and options. Discussed military school choice proposals, including H.R. 5199/S. 2517, and the Native American Education Opportunity Act, S. 1294.
Client expense: $40,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: S. 2517
USA Workforce Tax Credit Act
2018 · second_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
Discussions with congressional staff about bills that would amend Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax credit for charitable contributions to a scholarship granting organization. Bills include H.R. 895/S. 148 Education Opportunities Act and H.R. 5153.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 5153
Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2018
2018 · second_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
To ensure that the District of Columbia SOAR Act as written and passed in Bill 1387 by the Committee on Government Oversight and Reform in the House of Representatives is reauthorized for five years. Educated House and Senate offices on school choice policy developments and options. Discussed military school choice proposals, including H.R. 5199/S. 2517, and the Native American Education Opportunity Act, S. 1294.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 5199
Educational Opportunities Act
2018 · second_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
Discussions with congressional staff about bills that would amend Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax credit for charitable contributions to a scholarship granting organization. Bills include H.R. 895/S. 148 Education Opportunities Act and H.R. 5153.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 895
Native American Education Opportunity Act
2018 · second_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
To ensure that the District of Columbia SOAR Act as written and passed in Bill 1387 by the Committee on Government Oversight and Reform in the House of Representatives is reauthorized for five years. Educated House and Senate offices on school choice policy developments and options. Discussed military school choice proposals, including H.R. 5199/S. 2517, and the Native American Education Opportunity Act, S. 1294.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: S. 1294
Educational Opportunities Act
2018 · second_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
Discussions with congressional staff about bills that would amend Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax credit for charitable contributions to a scholarship granting organization. Bills include H.R. 895/S. 148 Education Opportunities Act and H.R. 5153.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: S. 148
Military Education Savings Account Act of 2018
2018 · second_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
To ensure that the District of Columbia SOAR Act as written and passed in Bill 1387 by the Committee on Government Oversight and Reform in the House of Representatives is reauthorized for five years. Educated House and Senate offices on school choice policy developments and options. Discussed military school choice proposals, including H.R. 5199/S. 2517, and the Native American Education Opportunity Act, S. 1294.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: S. 2517
USA Workforce Tax Credit Act
2018 · first_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
Discussions with congressional staff about bills that would amend Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax credit for charitable contributions to a scholarship granting organization. Bills include H.R. 895/S. 148 Education Opportunities Act and H.R. 5153.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 5153
Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2018
2018 · first_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
To ensure that the District of Columbia SOAR Act as written and passed in Bill 1387 by the Committee on Government Oversight and Reform in the House of Representatives is reauthorized for five years. Educated House and Senate offices on school choice policy developments and options. Discussed military school choice proposals, including H.R. 5199/S. 2517, and the Native American Education Opportunity Act, S. 1294.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 5199
Educational Opportunities Act
2018 · first_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
Discussions with congressional staff about bills that would amend Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax credit for charitable contributions to a scholarship granting organization. Bills include H.R. 895/S. 148 Education Opportunities Act and H.R. 5153.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 895
Native American Education Opportunity Act
2018 · first_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
To ensure that the District of Columbia SOAR Act as written and passed in Bill 1387 by the Committee on Government Oversight and Reform in the House of Representatives is reauthorized for five years. Educated House and Senate offices on school choice policy developments and options. Discussed military school choice proposals, including H.R. 5199/S. 2517, and the Native American Education Opportunity Act, S. 1294.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: S. 1294
Educational Opportunities Act
2018 · first_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
Discussions with congressional staff about bills that would amend Internal Revenue Code to allow individual taxpayers a tax credit for charitable contributions to a scholarship granting organization. Bills include H.R. 895/S. 148 Education Opportunities Act and H.R. 5153.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: S. 148
Military Education Savings Account Act of 2018
2018 · first_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
To ensure that the District of Columbia SOAR Act as written and passed in Bill 1387 by the Committee on Government Oversight and Reform in the House of Representatives is reauthorized for five years. Educated House and Senate offices on school choice policy developments and options. Discussed military school choice proposals, including H.R. 5199/S. 2517, and the Native American Education Opportunity Act, S. 1294.
Client expense: $30,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: S. 2517
An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to titles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
2017 · fourth_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
Lobbied in favor of a federal scholarship tax credit Discussions to amend Internal Revenue Code to allow for a tax credit for charitable contributions to a scholarship granting organization. Bills include H.R. 895/S. 148 Education Opportunities Act and H.R. 1. An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to tiles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 1
Educational Opportunities Act
2017 · fourth_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
Lobbied in favor of a federal scholarship tax credit Discussions to amend Internal Revenue Code to allow for a tax credit for charitable contributions to a scholarship granting organization. Bills include H.R. 895/S. 148 Education Opportunities Act and H.R. 1. An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to tiles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: H.R. 895
Educational Opportunities Act
2017 · fourth_quarter · Firm: AMERICAN FEDERATION FOR CHILDREN (FKA ADVOCATES FOR SCHOOL CHOICE)
Lobbied in favor of a federal scholarship tax credit Discussions to amend Internal Revenue Code to allow for a tax credit for charitable contributions to a scholarship granting organization. Bills include H.R. 895/S. 148 Education Opportunities Act and H.R. 1. An Act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to tiles II and V of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2018.
Client expense: $100,000 · Firm income: —
Matched citations: S. 148
Source: Senate LDA