Top districts in public school tax credit program

With BC-CNS-Schools-Tax Credits

By Cronkite News Service

Here are school districts that received the most in 2007, the latest year for which data are available, under a state law that allows a tax credit for donations to public schools:

_ Mesa Unified School District: $5.4 million
_ Tucson Unified School District: $3 million
_ Scottsdale Unified School District: $2.4 million
_ Gilbert Unified School District: $2.2 million
_ Paradise Valley Unified School District: $2 million
_ Chandler Unified School District: $1.8 million
_ Prescott Unified School District: $1.6 million
_ Deer Valley Unified School District: $1.5 million
_ Kyrene Elementary School District: $1.5 million
_ Peoria Unified School District: $1.3 million
_ Tempe Union High School District: $1.2 million
_ Amphitheater Unified School District: $1 million