HR 4736
115th Congress
House
Taxation
Elementary and secondary education
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow section 529 education accounts to be used for homeschooling expenses.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 3, 2018
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 3, 2018
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow distributions from qualified tuition programs (known as 529 plans) to be used for certain expenses in connection with a homeschool (whether treated as a homeschool or a private school for purposes of state law).
The expenses include: curriculum and curricular materials, books or other instructional materials, online educational materials, tuition for tutoring or educational classes outside of the home (if the tutor or instructor is not related to the student), dual enrollment in an institution of higher education, and educational therapies for students with disabilities.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
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