US SB306 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

US Congress Senate Bill 306 (Prior Session Legislation)

Status

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-01-29 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Pending: Senate Finance 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.

Title

Enhancing Educational Opportunities for all Students Act

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-01-29	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Same As/Similar To

HB553 (Related) 2015-01-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
HB554 (Related) 2015-04-29 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
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.