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Originally Posted by Ashartus
I don't think there was any mechanism for that. Something always felt wrong to me about teachers spending their own money on classroom materials and libraries, but I think there are better ways around that than a boutique tax credit (e.g. schools having some money set aside for that stuff as part of their budget).
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Originally Posted by Regorium
Totally agree. I think the system is pretty broken right now when we expect teachers to pay out of pocket for teaching materials. The school boards should have a per student allowance for teachers out of their budgets.
I hate tax credits too, but I find the $1000 credit to be an extremely reasonable proposal, so while it's vote-buying, it also seems like it'd be quite effective.
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The thing that concerns me though is that lots of people spend their own money for various things for work and can't write it off. The reason this is done for teachers is purely for the votes. And more concerning is that if you are a teacher spending say $500/year, this encourages you to spend more and get a higher tax break as a result. It's pushing teachers to do more of something that we should be instead trying to eliminate.