3.0.0 1691 2023-01-13T04:50:01Z 2023-01-13T04:50:01Z Senate S S 2005-09-13 109 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2005-09-13T20:26:10Z Home School Non-Discrimination Act of 2005 109 3753 HR 2005-10-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform. Related bill CRS 2005-09-13 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2005-09-13 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000858 Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] LARRY CRAIG R ID EDWIN N S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2005-09-13 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2005-09-15 False D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. 2005-09-21 False C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK 2005-09-29 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2006-02-01 False V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2006-03-28 False C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2006-04-03 False E000194 Sen. Ensign, John [R-NV] JOHN ENSIGN R NV 2006-04-05 False M001162 Sen. Martinez, Mel [R-FL] Mel Martinez R FL 2006-06-07 False A000121 Sen. Allen, George [R-VA] GEORGE ALLEN R VA F. 2006-06-08 False Education Academic performance Armed Forces and National Security Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Curricula Directories Disabled Economics and Public Finance Education savings accounts Educational research Educational tests Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Families Federal aid to education Federal-state relations Government Operations and Politics Government paperwork Higher education Home schooling Income tax Parent and child Recruiting and enlistment Right of privacy Scholarships School districts Science, Technology, Communications Secondary education Special education State laws Student records Students Taxation Education 00 2005-09-13 Introduced in Senate 2005-11-10T22:40:50Z Home School Non-Discrimination Act of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) with respect to: (1) student aid eligibility of home-schooled students who have satisfied certain secondary education standards; and (2) institutional aid eligibility of the higher education institutions that such students attend.

Amends the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) to provide that, if a parent does not consent to an initial evaluation or special education or related services for a child with a disability, the local educational agency shall not be required to convene an individualized education program (IEP) meeting or develop an IEP for such child.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to qualified elementary and secondary education expenses (the Coverdell Education Savings Account) to include home schools if they are treated as a home school or private school under state law.

Amends the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 to prohibit release of certain information on and educational records of students in nonpublic education, including any student educated at home or in a private school in accordance with state law, without written parental consent.

Amends HEA to include students at home schools, whether treated as a home school or a private school under state law, among those prospective secondary school graduates eligible to apply for the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program for higher education.

Amends the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to direct the Secretary of Labor to extend the hours and periods of permissible employment of employees between the ages of 14 and 16 years who are privately educated at a home school, whether the home school is treated as a home school or a private school under state law, beyond those hours and periods applicable to employees of such ages who are educated in traditional public schools. (Thus allows home-school students to be employed during the traditional school day.)

Amends specified federal law with respect to policies on recruitment and enlistment of home schooled students in the Armed Forces.

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