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S3566 • 2026

Provides deduction from gross income of $500 for full-time educators and paraprofessionals and $350 for part-time educators and paraprofessionals.

Provides deduction from gross income of $500 for full-time educators and paraprofessionals and $350 for part-time educators and paraprofessionals.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Greenstein, Linda R.
Last action
2026-02-19
Official status
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Provides deduction from gross income of $500 for full-time educators and paraprofessionals and $350 for part-time educators and paraprofessionals.

Provides deduction from gross income of $500 for full-time educators and paraprofessionals and $350 for part-time educators and paraprofessionals.

What This Bill Does

  • Provides deduction from gross income of $500 for full-time educators and paraprofessionals and $350 for part-time educators and paraprofessionals.
  • Topic: Education Fiscal note: This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-19 New Jersey Legislature

    Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Education Committee

Official Summary Text

Provides deduction from gross income of $500 for full-time educators and paraprofessionals and $350 for part-time educators and paraprofessionals.
Topic:
Education
Fiscal note:
This bill has been certified by OLS for a fiscal note.

Current Bill Text

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S3566

SENATE, No. 3566

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Senator� LINDA R. GREENSTEIN

District 14 (Mercer and Middlesex)

SYNOPSIS

���� Provides deduction from gross income of $500 for
full-time educators and paraprofessionals and $350 for part-time educators and
paraprofessionals.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT

���� As introduced.

��

An Act
providing deductions from gross income for eligible
educators and paraprofessionals, and supplementing chapter 3 of Title 54A of
the New Jersey Statutes.

����
Be It
Enacted
by the Senate and General Assembly of
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� a.� A taxpayer who is
employed as an eligible educator or a paraprofessional, and is a full-time
employee, shall be allowed a deduction of $500 from the taxpayer�s gross income
for the taxable year.�

���� b.� A taxpayer who is employed
as an eligible educator or a paraprofessional, but is not a full-time employee,
shall be allowed a deduction of $350 from the taxpayer�s gross income for the
taxable year.

���� c.� As used in this section:

���� �Eligible educator� means an
individual who is employed full-time as a teacher in a school district, charter
school, renaissance school project, approved private school for students with
disabilities, or nonpublic school in this State.

���� �Full-time employee� means an
employee who meets the minimum hours required for full time-status, as
determined by their employer, provided that the minimum number hours shall be
at least 25 hours per week, or more, if required by contract or resolution.�
Employment shall also be for 12 months per year except for employees whose
usual work schedule is 10 months per year, which is the standard school year.

���� �Paraprofessional� means an
individual who is employed in a school district, charter school, renaissance
school project, approved private school for students with disabilities, or
nonpublic school in this State as a school aide or classroom aide who assists a
teaching staff member with the supervision of pupil activities.

���� 2.� This act shall take effect
immediately and apply to taxable years beginning on or after the January 1 next
following enactment.

STATEMENT

���� This bill provides a gross
income tax deduction for eligible educators and paraprofessionals.� A deduction
in the amount of $500 is available to eligible educators and paraprofessionals
who are full-time employees. A deduction in the amount of $350 is available to
eligible educators and paraprofessionals who are not full-time employees.� The
bill requires a full-time employee to be employed for a minimum of 25 hours per
week.

���� The bill defines an �eligible
educator� as a teacher who is employed in a school district, charter school,
renaissance school project, approved private school for students with
disabilities, or nonpublic school in New Jersey.� The bill additionally defines
a �paraprofessional� as an individual who is employed as a school aide or
classroom aide who assists a teaching staff member with the supervision of
pupil activities.