US HB554 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: Introduced on January 27 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-04-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act 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. 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.

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Title

Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act

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History

DateChamberAction
2015-04-29HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2015-01-27HouseReferred to House Education and the Workforce
2015-01-27HouseReferred to House Ways and Means
2015-01-27HouseReferred 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.
2015-01-27HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB306 (Related) 2015-01-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB553 (Related) 2015-01-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
SB72 (Related) 2015-01-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
SB101 (Related) 2015-01-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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