In January 2008, Dish Network was spun off from its former parent company EchoStar, which was founded by Charlie Ergen as a satellite television equipment distributor in 1980.
Having a child is expensive, and most of the costs are not tax deductible. Paying for pre-K can qualify for a tax break, but paying for private kindergarten or a private elementary school never does. If you qualify, you get your tax break not as a deduction, but rather as a child-care tax credit.
In 2007, that figure was just 1 in 10. The rate for public school kindergartners last fall also more than doubled, to 11 percent from 5 percent in 2007. Overall, the rate of personal belief exemptions at California kindergartens with at least 10 students doubled to 3.1 percent last fall from 1.5 percent in 2007. I'm 65.