Bill > S686

This bill, the Retaining Educators Takes Added Investment Now (RETAIN) Act, aims to address the teacher and school leader shortage in early childhood, elementary, and secondary education. It would create a refundable tax credit to reward the retention of eligible early childhood educators, teachers, school leaders, and other key school personnel based on the number of years they have continuously served in high-need schools and early childhood education programs. The bill also requires the development of a federal data series to track the average base salaries of teachers and early childhood educators, disaggregated by factors like school poverty level and region.