S. 3949 · 116th Congress
Helping Parents Educate Children During the Coronavirus Pandemic
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Helping Parents Educate Children During the Coronavirus Pandemic
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jun 11, 2020
Helping Parents Educate Children During the Coronavirus Pandemic
This bill expands the types of educational expenses that may be paid from a qualified tuition program (commonly known as a 529 plan) for students enrolled at or attending an elementary or secondary public, private, or religious school. It also permits payments of certain education expenses for home schooling during the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) emergency period beginning on March 13, 2020, and ending on the date the emergency period has ended.
The bill also permits penalty free distributions from tax-preferred retirement plans for the period after February 29, 2020, and before January 1, 2021, if contributed to a 529 plan.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Helping Parents Educate Children During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Latest action (Jun 11, 2020): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2936)
Policy area: Taxation · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jun 11, 2020
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.