The Georgia Department of Education is excited to announce the 2025 Teacher Tax Credit Application is now available.
During the 2021 legislative session, the Georgia General Assembly passed House Bill 32 to establish an income tax credit for teachers who agree to teach in high-need subject areas in certain rural and/or low-performing schools. Teachers who are recently hired to teach in a high-need subject area at a Participating School and selected to participate in the Teacher Tax Credit Program will receive a $3,000 tax credit for five consecutive school years. Selected applicants are able to deduct $3,000 per year from the amount of state income tax they owe for each of the five years they remain eligible for participation in the program.
To be eligible for the tax credit, teachers must meet the following criteria:
- Have attained a bachelor’s degree from a postsecondary educational institution with a teacher certification program approved by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC);
- Hold a valid five-year induction or professional certificate issued by the GaPSC (eligible teachers may not hold provisional certificates); and
- Must have recently been hired to teach in identified High-Need Subject Areas in a Participating School (A recently hired teacher, whether new or experienced, must have accepted his/her first school year contract to teach at a Participating School for the 2023-2024, 2024-2025 or 2025-2026 school year to be eligible).
The number of participating teachers in the program is limited to 1,000.
The application will be open until August 15 and is available on the GaDOE Teacher Tax Credit website. Reminder, to be considered you must have been recently hired at a participating school in a high need subject area at a minimum.
If you have any questions, please contact [email protected].