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SENATE 44117th CongressPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 27.

A resolution denouncing the Maduro regime's fraudulent legislative elections, the absence of acceptable conditions to ensure free, fair, and transparent electoral processes in Venezuela, and the further erosion of Venezuelan democracy.

Last Action
3/24/2021

Actions

  • 2021-01-26Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • 2021-01-26Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2021-01-26 (00)

Student Empowerment Act

This bill allows tax-exempt distributions from qualified tuition programs (known as 529 plans) to be used for additional educational expenses in connection with enrollment or attendance at an elementary or secondary school.

(Under current law, distributions in connection with an elementary or secondary school are limited to tuition for a public, private, or religious school.) The bill allows the distributions to be used for additional educational expenses, including

  • curriculum and curricular materials,
  • books or other instructional materials,
  • online educational materials,
  • tutoring or educational classes outside the home,
  • testing fees,
  • fees for dual enrollment in an institution of higher education, and
  • educational therapies for students with disabilities.

Distributions may also be used for tuition and the purposes above in connection with a homeschool (whether treated as a homeschool or a private school under state law).

Cosponsors (8)

  • Tom Cotton (R-AR)
  • Patrick Toomey (R-PA)
  • Ben Sasse (R-NE)
  • Ron Johnson (R-WI)
  • James Lankford (R-OK)
  • Rand Paul (R-KY)
  • Tim Scott (R-SC)
  • Mike Braun (R-IN)

Subjects

  • Academic performance and assessments
  • Bank accounts, deposits, capital
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Higher education
  • Income tax exclusion
  • Special education
  • Student aid and college costs
  • Teaching, teachers, curricula
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