[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3747 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 354
119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3747

  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to recognize students who 
 have completed secondary school education in a home school setting as 
             high school graduates, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 29, 2026

Mrs. Moody (for herself, Mr. Banks, Ms. Lummis, Mr. Budd, and Mr. Lee) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

                             March 11, 2026

               Reported by Mr. Cassidy, without amendment

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to recognize students who 
 have completed secondary school education in a home school setting as 
             high school graduates, 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 ``Home School Graduation Recognition 
Act''.

SEC. 2. RECOGNIZING HOME SCHOOL GRADUATES.

    Section 484(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1091(d)) is amended--
            (1) in the heading of such subsection, by striking ``Who 
        Are Not High School Graduates'' and inserting ``From Non-
        Traditional Settings''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) High school graduate.--For purposes of this title, a 
        student who has completed a secondary school education in a 
        home school setting that is treated as a home school or private 
        school under State law shall be considered a high school 
        graduate.''.
                                                       Calendar No. 354

119th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 3747

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                                 A BILL

  To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to recognize students who 
 have completed secondary school education in a home school setting as 
             high school graduates, and for other purposes.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             March 11, 2026

                       Reported without amendment