Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program In April 2014, the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) released a report identifying four Harrisburg School District schools remained among the lowest-achieving schools for reading and mathematics in the state. Included on the 2014–15 list are: Foose School, Rowland School, Scott School and Harrisburg High School. Parents and students may be eligible for scholarships to transfer to another public or nonpublic school through the state's Opportunity Scholarship Tax Credit Program passed in June 2012. The scholarships are limited to those students whose family's income is less than $60,000 annually, with another $12,000 allowed per dependent. Maximum scholarship award is $8,500, with special education students receiving up to $15,000 for a year's tuition. Parents pay any difference between the scholarship amount and the receiving school's tuition rate. Students may seek admission to neighboring public school districts. Each year the PDE publishes the tuition rate for each individual public school district. This was the third year that these Harrisburg School District schools were placed on the lowest achievement list. In 2012–13 and 2013–14, the following district schools were on the list: Ben Franklin School, Camp Curtin School, Downey School, Foose School, Marshall School, Melrose School, Rowland School, Scott School, and Harrisburg High School.