Georgia Paying Teachers Extra $3,000 a Year to Teach in Rural, Low Performing Schools

Some Georgia teachers who agree to work in certain rural or low performing schools could get an extra $3,000 a year for five years under a bill advancing in the state House.

The House Education Committee on Thursday approved House Bill 32. Up to 1,000 teachers would get a tax credit for agreeing to work in targeted districts. If teachers didn’t incur $3,000 in tax liability, the state would pay the remaining amount after teachers file their income tax returns.

The measure moves to the full House, where a similar bill passed last year. Teachers who agree to start work at a group of 100 schools would get the money, whether newly graduated from college or having taught elsewhere.

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