Helping Students SOAR with Social Security Act
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Helping Students Successfully Overcome Adversity and Rise with Social Security Act or the Helping Students SOAR with Social Security Act
This bill allows an eligible child of a retired, disabled, or deceased worker to receive applicable Social Security benefits on the worker's record until age 26 if the child is in at least half-time attendance as a student at a postsecondary school or a comprehensive transition and postsecondary program.
Under current law, a child's Social Security benefits generally terminate at age 18, although (1) a child who is a full-time elementary or secondary school student may receive benefits until age 19, and (2) a child with a disability that began before age 22 may continue receiving benefits after the age of 18.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- Introduced in Senate Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3188: Helping Students SOAR with Social Security Act. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3188/
"S. 3188: Helping Students SOAR with Social Security Act." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3188/.
S. 3188, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-3188/.
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