3.0.0 3949 2023-01-11T13:46:15Z 2023-01-11T13:46:15Z Senate S 2020-06-11 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-06-11T20:30:20Z 2020-06-11 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2936) IntroReferral 2020-06-11 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001098 Sen. Cruz, Ted [R-TX] Ted Cruz R TX N L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2020-06-11 True S001184 Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] Tim Scott R SC 2020-06-11 True S001217 Sen. Scott, Rick [R-FL] Rick Scott R FL 2020-06-11 True Taxation Academic performance and assessments Bank accounts, deposits, capital Books and print media Cardiovascular and respiratory health Elementary and secondary education Emergency medical services and trauma care Employee benefits and pensions Higher education Income tax deferral Income tax exclusion Infectious and parasitic diseases Special education Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Taxation 00 2020-06-11 Introduced in Senate 2020-07-09T13:09:37Z 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.

]]> Helping Parents Educate Children During the Coronavirus Pandemic Display Title Helping Parents Educate Children During the Coronavirus Pandemic Short Title(s) as Introduced Helping Parents Educate Children During the Coronavirus Pandemic Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit kindergarten through grade 12 educational expenses to be paid from a 529 account during the Coronavirus Emergency Period. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-06-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3949is/xml/BILLS-116s3949is.xml 2020-06-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S2936) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.