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Assembly Bill A8759

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Provides for notification to teachers regarding the federal income tax educator expense deduction

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2017-A8759 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §115, Ed L
Versions Introduced in 2019-2020 Legislative Session:
A6863

2017-A8759 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for notification to teachers regarding the federal income tax educator expense deduction.

2017-A8759 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   8759
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             November 3, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, SEPULVEDA, SIMON -- read once and referred
   to the Committee on Education
 
 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to notification to teach-
   ers regarding the federal income tax educator expense deduction
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 115 to
 read as follows:
   § 115.  TEACHER  NOTIFICATION;  EDUCATOR  EXPENSE  DEDUCTION.  1.  FOR
 PURPOSES  OF  THIS SECTION, THE TERM "TEACHER" SHALL MEAN A KINDERGARTEN
 THROUGH GRADE TWELVE TEACHER, INSTRUCTOR, COUNSELOR, PRINCIPAL  OR  AIDE
 FOR  AT LEAST NINE HUNDRED HOURS A SCHOOL YEAR IN A SCHOOL THAT PROVIDES
 ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY EDUCATION, AND THE TERM "SCHOOL" SHALL MEAN  ANY
 SCHOOL THAT PROVIDES ELEMENTARY OR SECONDARY EDUCATION.
   2.  EACH  PRINCIPAL, ADMINISTRATOR OR CHIEF SCHOOL OFFICER OF A SCHOOL
 LOCATED WITHIN THIS STATE SHALL  NOTIFY  EACH  TEACHER  AT  SUCH  SCHOOL
 REGARDING THE FEDERAL INCOME TAX EDUCATOR EXPENSE DEDUCTION AVAILABLE TO
 TEACHERS.  SUCH  NOTIFICATION  SHALL  BE MADE IN WRITING AND PROVIDED TO
 TEACHERS DURING THE MONTH OF JANUARY OF EACH YEAR.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD13549-01-7

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