June 2, 2006

House Panel Discusses Tax Incentives

By ELYSE ASHBURN

Rep. Ric Keller, the new chairman of the U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee that oversees higher-education issues, used his first hearing in that position to promote legislation he introduced last year that would allow businesses to reimburse their employees tax-free for up to $2,500 of their children's college educations.

The bill "will encourage more generous businesses to invest in their companies, their communities, and in our children's education," Mr. Keller, a Florida

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