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HR 716 115th Congress House

Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act

Official title: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage the use of 529 plans and Coverdell education savings accounts, and for other purposes.

Introduced: January 27, 2017 See on congress.gov
Education Education of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationHigher education
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Jan 27, 2017
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 27, 2017
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 Latest action January 27, 2017

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act

This bill amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to allow a state educational agency to allocate grant funds among local educational agencies based on the number of eligible children (children age 5 to 17 from a family with an income below the poverty level) enrolled in the public schools and the state-accredited private schools within each local agency's geographic jurisdiction.

This bill also amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow payment of home school expenses from Coverdell education savings accounts; (2) remove the dollar limitation on contributions to Coverdell education savings accounts and require such accounts to provide adequate safeguards to prevent contributions from exceeding the amount necessary to provide for the qualified education expenses of the account beneficiary; and (3) allow tax-exempt qualified tuition programs (529 tuition programs) to pay qualified pre-kindergarten, elementary, and secondary education expenses.

 Related & companion bills 2
  • S 2306 Related bill Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act
  • HR 554 Reintroduction of Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 716: Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-716/
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"H.R. 716: Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-716/.
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H.R. 716, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-716/.
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