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The Washington Post: House Republicans want to give teachers a break

A House committee approved a permanent tax credit of up to $250 a year for teachers who buy classroom supplies with their own money.

Teacher setting down a heavy stack of binders and stepping into sunlight a break for teachers

A House Ways and Means bill would give K-12 teachers who buy their own classroom supplies a permanent tax credit of up to $250 a year, the Post reports.

Photo credit: Martin Jacobsen

by Lyndsey Layton

Teachers who spend their own money on classroom supplies — most of the nation’s nearly 4 million K-12 teachers — would be eligible for a permanent tax credit of up to $250 annually for unreimbursed expenses, under a bill passed by the House Ways and Means committee on Thursday.

Read the rest of the story at The Washington Post.

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