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Enhancing Educational Opportunities for Home School Students Act

Introduced: January 3, 2019 Introduced by: Banks, Jim Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov
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Enhancing Educational Opportunities for Home School Students Act

This bill allows distributions from tax-favored 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 January 3, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 65: Enhancing Educational Opportunities for Home School Students Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-65/
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"H.R. 65: Enhancing Educational Opportunities for Home School Students Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-65/.
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H.R. 65, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-65/.
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