Professional Educators Tax Relief Act of 2006

H.R. 5210, the Professional Educators Tax Relief Act of 2006, proposed two primary changes to federal law to provide financial relief to educators. First, it would have established a tax credit of up to $1,000 for full-time K-12 teachers and staff involved in academic programming to help offset professional or personal costs. Additionally, the bill sought to make it easier for educators to receive Social Security benefits by removing a requirement that they work for 60 months in a government position before becoming exempt from certain pension-related benefit reductions.