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National Superintendents Roundtable: How the GOP Tax Proposal Would Affect Public Education

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 Here’s what’s on the chopping block FROM THE Existing Tax Code; Consider  the profound impact that these changes to the tax code will have on students, families, and educational institutions : *ELIMINATE  THE Deduction for state sales taxes WHICH are the foundation of school funding; THIS make passage of school levies and bonds more difficult, as voters realize their state and local taxes can no longer be used to off-set their federal tax liabilities! *Eliminate Deduction for interest on student loans; *Eliminate Deduction for college tuition; *Eliminate Business deduction for employees’ tuition; *Eliminate Section 529 college savings accounts but add Add TUITITON FOR  K-12 private schools; * Eliminate$250 teacher deduction for supplies: *Eliminate Deduction for state sales taxes** 

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I began teaching in 1963,; Ba and BS in Education -Brooklyn College. I have the equivalent of 2 additional Master's, mainly in Literacy Studies and Graphic Design. I was the only seventh grade teacher of English from 1990 -1999 at East Side (more...)
 

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