Bill No. SB44

Summary
Status
Sponsors
Texts
Votes
Amendments
Supplements
History
Summary

Bill ID

1424601

State

US

Title

Student Empowerment Act

Description

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).

Bill Type

Bill

Category

529 Accounts, DC/Federal

Session

117th Congress

Special Session

No Data Available

Status

Current Status

Introduced

Status Last Updated

2021-01-26

Pending Committee

Calendar

No data available

Sponsors

Sponsors

R
Sen
Ted Cruz
SD-TX
1
0
R
Sen
Tom Cotton
SD-AR
2
0
R
Sen
Pat Toomey
SD-PA
3
0
R
Sen
Ben Sasse
SD-NE
4
0
R
Sen
Ron Johnson
SD-WI
5
0
R
Sen
James Lankford
SD-OK
6
0
R
Sen
Rand Paul
SD-KY
7
0
R
Sen
Tim Scott
SD-SC
8
0
R
Sen
Mike Braun
SD-IN
9
0

Texts

Texts

2021-02-11
Introduced
application/pdf
https://legiscan.com/US/text/SB44/id/2291237

Votes

Votes

No data available

Amendments

Amendments

No data available

Supplements

Supplements

No data available

History

Progress

2021-01-26
Introduced
2021-01-26
Refer

History

2021-01-26
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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