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Senate File 249 would expand existing teacher master's tax credit to special education degrees
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Sen. Lindsey Johnson Stewart introduced SF 249 to extend an existing nonrefundable income tax credit for teachers who complete a master's degree to include special education licensure fields; bill was laid over for omnibus consideration.
Senator Johnson Stewart introduced Senate File 249 to the Senate Tax Committee, proposing to expand an existing nonrefundable teacher master's degree income tax credit to include special education master's degrees and to relax timing requirements for licensure.
"This bill expands the eligibility for current credit to include taxpayers earning a master's degree in special education," Senator Johnson Stewart said while explaining that the bill would allow teachers who obtain licensure within six months of finishing a qualifying master's program to claim the credit.
Under current Minnesota law, the nonrefundable credit provides up…
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