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Klitzkie proposes doubling
tax rebate for teachers purchasing their own supplies
by Marissa Eusebio, KUAM News
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
Continuing his efforts in support of education, former superintendent
for the Department of Education Senator Bob Klitzkie introduced a measure
today that would create a $500 tax rebate for teachers for the purchase
of school supplies.
He explained, “It starts out where the figurative rubber meets
the road...where the teachers meet the students and it gives the teachers
some ability to control the process; how much money he or she is going
to spend and then apply for the tax rebate to get it back.”
According to the freshman lawmaker, the current tax code allows a $250
deduction from adjusted gross income allowing teachers and other educators
to deduct qualified expenses. However, this bill would double that amount
in recognition of the underfunding of Guam's public schools, which educators
have constantly had to make up for by using their own money.
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