(The Center Square) -Thirty-one states have opted in to the federal Education Freedom Scholarship Program, while 19 states and Washington, D.C. have not done so, ahead of the January 2027 deadline. The Trump administration launched the school choice p in 2025 through the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. While school choice has drawn bipartisan support in some areas, several Democratic-led states, including Pennsylvania and Illinois, have not joined the program. Yet taxpayers in those states may still claim the federal tax credit by donating to SGOs operating in participating states. Four states have announced they will not participate in the federal Education Freedom Scholarship Program: Hawaii, Minnesota, New Mexico and Oregon.