Bill Text: NY A06863 | 2019-2020 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Provides for notification to teachers regarding the federal income tax educator expense deduction.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-01-08 - referred to education [A06863 Detail]
Download: New_York-2019-A06863-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6863 2019-2020 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 22, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. ORTIZ, SIMON, WEPRIN, SEAWRIGHT, WILLIAMS -- 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: 1 Section 1. The education law is amended by adding a new section 115 to 2 read as follows: 3 § 115. Teacher notification; educator expense deduction. 1. For 4 purposes of this section, the term "teacher" shall mean a kindergarten 5 through grade twelve teacher, instructor, counselor, principal or aide 6 for at least nine hundred hours a school year in a school that provides 7 elementary or secondary education, and the term "school" shall mean any 8 school that provides elementary or secondary education. 9 2. Each principal, administrator or chief school officer of a school 10 located within this state shall notify each teacher at such school 11 regarding the federal income tax educator expense deduction available to 12 teachers. Such notification shall be made in writing and provided to 13 teachers during the month of January of each year. 14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10908-01-9