[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 23 (Wednesday, March 6, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H692]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     TEACHER TAX CREDIT ACT OF 2002

  (Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico. Mr. Speaker, 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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