Many Colorado teachers dig into their own pockets to buy classroom supplies. The state may soon pay them back. A bipartisan bill would give 50,000 public school teachers an income tax credit of up to $1,000 to reimburse personally incurred expenses

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The Colorado SunEverywhere you look in Lucy Squire’s classroom, you can spy the teacher’s touch. A thousand bucks in every teacher’s pocket in the public school system, how can that not be a win?”The measure wouldn’t really affect Colorado’s budget in years where the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights cap on government growth and spending is exceeded. “If you put your money with the people,” Squire said, “won’t you have a better impact?”House Bill 1208 is scheduled to get its first hearing in the House Education Committee on March 23

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