On the recordMay 8, 2001
I come from a teaching family. My mother and sister are teachers. I know of the effort they put into teaching and buying supplies to make things go a little bit better. It is very common and accepted in the sense that it is sort of part of the job. But it shouldn't be. We are at a time when our teachers' salaries are so much lower than they ought to be. I think it is wrong to expect teachers to continuously take money out of their pockets in doing their job, when it should be taken care of through the school system. I think they would appreciate and are entitled to have a tax credit of $1,000 to take care of those expenditures. I will pursue that in the Finance Committee for my good friend.
Said by
James M. Jeffords
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