119-s2791

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2791 Introduced in Senate

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2791

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood 
 educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other 
 purposes.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 September 11, 2025

Mr. Bennet (for himself and Ms. Collins) introduced the following bill; 
 which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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 A BILL

 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow early childhood 
 educators to take the educator expense deduction, and for other 
 purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Supporting Early-childhood 
Educators' Deductions Act'' or the ``SEED Act''.

SEC. 2. EDUCATOR EXPENSE DEDUCTION TO INCLUDE EARLY CHILDHOOD 
 EDUCATORS.

    (a) In General.--

Section 62 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 
amended--

    (1) in subsection

    (a)

    (2)
            (D) , by striking ``elementary and 
 secondary'' in the heading and inserting ``early childhood, 
 elementary, and secondary'';

    (2) in subsection
            (d) (1)
        (A) , by striking ``kindergarten 
 through grade 12 teacher'' and inserting, ``early childhood or 
 kindergarten through grade 12 teacher, educator''; and

    (3) in subsection
            (d) (1)
        (B) , by striking ``elementary 
 education or secondary education'' and inserting ``early 
 childhood education (through pre-kindergarten) or elementary or 
 secondary education''.

    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to expenses incurred in taxable years beginning after December 
31, 2025.
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