A Republican delegate has created a nonprofit organization to push for tax credits and other support for alternatives to traditional public schools.

Chris Saxman of Staunton says School Choice Virginia will lobby and advocate for home-schooling, private and parochial schools and public charter or governors' schools, among other things.

Private school tax credits and voucher legislation have failed consistently in recent years in Virginia.

Saxman's organization can push legislation, but it can't endorse or call for the defeat of political candidates.

Former Washington, D.C., council member Kevin P. Chavous, however, supports the group and says he can speak for or against candidates. In Chavous' words, "I will take names."

Chavous, a Democrat, is a national school choice advocate.