Congress 107 - HR 221 - Educational Empowerment Act

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Business income tax Charitable contributions Class size Commerce Community and school Congress Congressional reporting requirements Corporate philanthropy Cost effectiveness Dropouts Economics and Public Finance Education Education of disadvantaged children Educational accountability Educational statistics Educational tests Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Families Federal aid to higher education Finance and Financial Sector Higher education Income tax Labor and Employment Mathematics Personal income tax Rating of teachers Recruiting of employees Scholarships School districts Science, Technology, Communications Scientific education Secondary education Social Welfare Student loan funds Tax credits Taxation Teacher education Teacher salaries Teacher supply and demand Teenage pregnancy Women

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Educational Empowerment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax credit for qualified educational empowerment zone contributions. Allows the designation of up to 30 such zones. Bases designations on the degree of poverty.

Establishes a teacher loan forgiveness program for mathematics and science teachers.

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Mar 2, 2001

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Jan 3, 2001

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 3, 2001

Introduced in House

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