Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2019

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This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish a program to provide children with parents on active duty in the uniformed services with funds to pay educational expenses.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 7, 2019

Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2019

This bill directs the Department of Education (ED) to establish a program to provide children with parents on active duty in the uniformed services with funds to pay educational expenses.

Specifically, ED shall establish a tax-exempt Military Education Savings Account for dependent children of parents in the uniformed services for the payment of the children's educational expenses. Funds in the savings account may be used for, among other things, the cost of attendance at a private elementary or secondary school or institution of higher education, private tutoring, or costs associated with an apprenticeship or other vocational training program.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

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Official title: Education Savings Accounts for Military Families Act of 2019

Latest action (Mar 7, 2019): Referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, and Appropriations, 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.

Policy area: Education · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 7, 2019

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.