Education advocates are torn on whether a tax credit program for businesses that funds private scholarships should be under closer watch. The governor has voiced his support for expanding the Education Improvement Tax Credit program as part of his school reform package. Michael Geer, with the Pennsylvania Family Council, says the program works well and is due an expansion. "Really, all that’s necessary for improving the program is for the state to allocate a larger amount in the budget for those tax credits. It has expanded since 2001 several times and the demand for scholarships is much greater than the amount of money available in tax credits," Geer says. Groups whose interests more closely align with the public school system say the state money that’s granted to scholarships and supplemental education programs isn’t well accounted-for. They also cite a lack of evidence that the scholarships and extra programs are more effective than public schools.