[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4783 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 4783

  To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide relief for 
   members of the uniformed services who homeschool their dependent 
                   children, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 15, 2026

    Mr. Cruz (for himself, Mr. Budd, and Mrs. Moody) introduced the 
 following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 
                             Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide relief for 
   members of the uniformed services who homeschool their dependent 
                   children, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Continuity of Military Parents' 
Academic Schooling and State Standards Act of 2026'' or the ``COMPASS 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are--
            (1) to ensure uninterrupted educational continuity for 
        military-connected students;
            (2) to reduce administrative and legal burdens caused by 
        frequent relocations;
            (3) to prevent conflicting State homeschooling requirements 
        from penalizing military families;
            (4) to support family stability and readiness of 
        servicemembers (as defined in section 101 of the Servicemembers 
        Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3911)) during transitions; and
            (5) to align homeschooling treatment more closely with 
        existing protections tied to domicile and legal residence 
        afforded to military families under Federal law.

SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF COMPULSORY EDUCATION AND HOMESCHOOLING LAWS OF 
              STATES UNDER SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF ACT.

    (a) In General.--Title VII of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act 
(50 U.S.C. 4021 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new section:

``SEC. 708. COMPULSORY EDUCATION AND HOMESCHOOLING LAWS OF STATES.

    ``(a) In General.--A dependent child of a servicemember who is 
educated at home and is covered by military orders for a permanent 
change of station to a location shall be considered in compliance with 
all compulsory education and homeschooling provisions of law of the 
State of the location, if such dependent child is in compliance with 
all the compulsory education and homeschooling provisions of law of 
such State or the State of the legal residence of the servicemember.
    ``(b) Definition of Child.--In this section, the term `child' has 
the meaning given such term in section 101 of title 38, United States 
Code.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section 1(b) of 
such Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 707 
the following new item:

``Sec. 708. Compulsory education and homeschooling laws of States.''.
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