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Senate Bill S3711

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Provides for a personal income tax deduction for school supplies paid for out-of-pocket by K-12 teachers in public and nonpublic schools, up to $500 per year

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2025-S3711 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A1926
Current Committee:
Senate Investigations And Government Operations
Law Section:
Tax Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §612, Tax L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2009-2010: S727
2011-2012: S5289
2013-2014: S3626, A7413
2015-2016: S4615, A4725
2017-2018: S4063, A4296
2019-2020: S371, A4805
2021-2022: S4502, A4296
2023-2024: S3073, A1790

2025-S3711 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides for a personal income tax deduction for school supplies paid for out-of-pocket by K-12 teachers in public and nonpublic schools, up to $500 per year.

2025-S3711 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S3711 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   3711
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 29, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sens.  LANZA, WALCZYK -- read twice and ordered printed,
   and when printed to be committed to the  Committee  on  Investigations
   and Government Operations
 
 AN  ACT  to  amend  the  tax  law, in relation to authorizing a personal
   income tax deduction for elementary and secondary school teachers  for
   certain expenses incurred for school supplies
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Subsection (c) of section 612 of the tax law is amended  by
 adding a new paragraph 48 to read as follows:
   (48)  EXPENSES NOT IN EXCESS OF FIVE HUNDRED DOLLARS ACTUALLY INCURRED
 AND PAID BY AN ELIGIBLE EDUCATOR FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES, ACTUALLY USED  AND
 USEFUL,  TO  THE  EXTENT  NOT DEDUCTIBLE IN DETERMINING FEDERAL ADJUSTED
 GROSS INCOME AND NOT REIMBURSED. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS PARAGRAPH, THE
 FOLLOWING TERMS HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (I) "ELIGIBLE EDUCATOR" MEANS A PERSON EMPLOYED AS A TEACHER, INSTRUC-
 TOR, COUNSELOR, PRINCIPAL OR AIDE IN A SCHOOL FOR AT LEAST NINE  HUNDRED
 HOURS DURING A SCHOOL YEAR.
   (II) "NONPUBLIC SCHOOL" HAS THE SAME MEANING AS PROVIDED FOR SUCH TERM
 IN  SUBPARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  PARAGRAPH  THREE  OF  SUBSECTION  (J) OF THIS
 SECTION.
   (III) "SCHOOL" MEANS ANY PUBLIC OR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL  PROVIDING  EDUCA-
 TION IN ANY GRADE FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH TWELFTH.
   (IV)  "SCHOOL  SUPPLIES" INCLUDES BOOKS, SUPPLIES (OTHER THAN NON-ATH-
 LETIC SUPPLIES FOR COURSES OF INSTRUCTION IN HEALTH OR  PHYSICAL  EDUCA-
 TION), COMPUTER EQUIPMENT (INCLUDING RELATED SOFTWARE AND SERVICES), AND
 OTHER EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS USED BY THE ELIGIBLE EDUCATOR
 IN THE CLASSROOM.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to taxable
 years beginning on or after January 1, 2027.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD04811-01-5

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