OMAHA, Neb., April 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A new policy brief released today from the Buffett Early Childhood Institute at the University of Nebraska examines the Educator Expense Deduction (EED), a federal income tax deduction of up to $300 for unreimbursed educator expenses, and recommends amending the federal tax code to include early educators.
The national average of unreimbursed early educator expenses is $198.62 per year and the report findings include a national survey where nearly 91% of early educators reported spending their own money on education expenses.
The brief is authored by the Institute’s Executive Director Walter Gilliam and Ayse Cobanoglu from the Tobin Center …