S. 744: Affordable Tutoring of Our Children Act
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S. 744: Affordable Tutoring of Our Children Act
111th Congress · introduced 2009-03-31 · Taxation · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4071)
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-03-31 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4071) Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Affordable Tutoring of Our Children Act
Plain summary
Affordable Tutoring of Our Children Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to expand the tax exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance to allow employees an additional exclusion for payments of supplemental instructional services assistance to their dependents between the ages of 5 and 19 who have not obtained a high school diploma or who have been awarded a general education degree. Defines "supplemental instructional services assistance" to include instructional or other academic enrichment services that are: (1) in addition to instruction provided during the school day; (2) specifically designed to increase academic achievement; (3) in the core academic studies of English, reading or language arts, mathematics, science, foreign languages, civics and government, economics, arts, social studies, and geography; and (4) provided by a state certified instructor or accredited organization.
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Affordable Tutoring of Our Children Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] · 1 cosponsors
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s744.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s744 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111