On the recordMarch 6, 2002
today I will introduce the Teacher Tax Credit Act of 2002 to the Congress. Over the next 10 years, America will have to recruit and train 2 million new teachers. While we do not have a teacher shortage now, we do have a maldistribution of teachers. This Tax Credit Act would provide a $2,000 nonrefundable tax credit for teachers, assistant teachers, principals and assistant principals who teach in title I eligible schools. Those are schools in our poorest neighborhoods where it is often hard to keep teachers, where the average experience level of teachers is lower than they are in other schools because it is a tougher job. So let us give teachers in our schools that need the most help a little more support from the Federal Government by saying, yes, we want to give you the resources you need to stay in that neighborhood, teach in that school and make sure that we leave no child behind.
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