Home School Non-Discrimination Act of 2003
Latest action · Jul 28, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJul 15, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Home School Non-Discrimination Act of 2003 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that parents who choose private home education should be encouraged within the framework provided by the Constitution.
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, 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 part of the General Education Provisions Act known as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 to prohibit release of certain information on and educational records of students in non-public 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.)
Cosponsors 82
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 15, 2003 to Jul 21, 2004; 30 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CO | Bob Beauprez | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-FL | Dave Weldon | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-MN | Gil Gutknecht | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-FL | Jeff Miller | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-SC | Jim DeMint | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-KS | Jim Ryun | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-OH | John A. Boehner | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-IN | John N. Hostettler | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-CA | John T. Doolittle | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-PA | Joseph R. Pitts | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-TX | Kevin Brady | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-MN | Mark R. Kennedy | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-MI | Nick Smith | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-PA | Patrick J. Toomey | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-WI | Paul D. Ryan | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-MI | Peter Hoekstra | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-IL | Philip M. Crane | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-AL | Robert B. Aderholt | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-TX | Ron Paul | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-MD | Roscoe G. Bartlett | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-TX | Sam Johnson | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-OH | Steve Chabot | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-IA | Steve King | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-NC | Sue Wilkins Myrick | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-AZ | Trent Franks | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-MI | Vernon J. Ehlers | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-MO | W. Todd Akin | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Original | Jul 15, 2003 |
| R-MN | John Kline | Jul 16, 2003 | |
| R-OH | Patrick J. Tiberi | Jul 16, 2003 | |
| R-FL | Ginny Brown-Waite | Jul 22, 2003 | |
| R-SC | J. Gresham Barrett | Jul 22, 2003 | |
| R-NJ | Scott Garrett | Jul 22, 2003 | |
| R-ID | C. L. (Butch) Otter | Jul 24, 2003 | |
| R-TX | Joe Barton | Jul 24, 2003 | |
| R-IN | Mike Pence | Jul 24, 2003 | |
| R-VA | Eric Cantor | Jul 25, 2003 | |
| R-IL | John Shimkus | Jul 25, 2003 | |
| R-ID | Michael K. Simpson | Jul 25, 2003 | |
| R-WY | Barbara Cubin | Sep 3, 2003 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Sep 3, 2003 | |
| R-CA | Devin Nunes | Sep 3, 2003 | |
| R-CA | Elton Gallegly | Sep 3, 2003 | |
| R-VA | Frank R. Wolf | Sep 3, 2003 | |
| R-IL | Henry J. Hyde | Sep 3, 2003 | |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Sep 3, 2003 | |
| R-MN | Jim Ramstad | Sep 3, 2003 | |
| R-VA | Jo Ann Davis | Sep 3, 2003 | |
| R-OK | John Sullivan | Sep 3, 2003 | |
| R-AL | Mike Rogers | Sep 3, 2003 | |
| R-LA | Richard H. Baker | Sep 3, 2003 | |
| R-AZ | Rick Renzi | Sep 3, 2003 | |
| R-NC | Robin Hayes | Sep 3, 2003 | |
| R-FL | Tom Feeney | Sep 3, 2003 | |
| R-TN | Zach Wamp | Sep 3, 2003 | |
| R-CA | Dana Rohrabacher | Sep 10, 2003 | |
| R-TX | Michael C. Burgess | Sep 10, 2003 | |
| R-GA | Phil Gingrey | Sep 10, 2003 | |
| R-MI | Thaddeus G. McCotter | Sep 10, 2003 | |
| R-CO | Thomas G. Tancredo | Sep 10, 2003 | |
| R-IA | Tom Latham | Sep 10, 2003 | |
| R-NC | Cass Ballenger | Sep 16, 2003 | |
| R-GA | Charles W. Norwood | Sep 16, 2003 | |
| R-GA | Jack Kingston | Sep 16, 2003 | |
| R-WI | Thomas E. Petri | Sep 16, 2003 | |
| R-VA | Virgil H. Goode Jr. | Sep 16, 2003 | |
| R-OK | Ernest J. Istook Jr. | Sep 25, 2003 | |
| R-IL | Ray LaHood | Sep 25, 2003 | |
| R-SD | William J. Janklow | Sep 25, 2003 | |
| R-OH | Robert W. Ney | Sep 30, 2003 | |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Oct 1, 2003 | |
| R-KY | Ed Whitfield | Oct 7, 2003 | |
| R-PA | Todd Russell Platts | Oct 7, 2003 | |
| R-MS | Charles W. "Chip" Pickering | Oct 14, 2003 | |
| R-OH | Michael R. Turner | Oct 14, 2003 | |
| R-AZ | J. D. Hayworth | Oct 16, 2003 | |
| R-FL | Cliff Stearns | Nov 4, 2003 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Dec 8, 2003 | |
| R-IN | Chris Chocola | Mar 11, 2004 | |
| R-TX | Randy Neugebauer | Jul 21, 2004 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Jul 15, 2003 |
| Workforce Protections Subcommittee | Referred Jul 28, 2003 | |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Jul 28, 2003 | |
| Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education Subcommittee | Referred Jul 28, 2003 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 15, 2003 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- Jul 28, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
- Jul 28, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
- Jul 15, 2003Introduced in House
- Jul 15, 2003Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1562 | Home School Non-Discrimination Act of 2003 | Identical bill | Aug 1, 2003 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend selected statutes to clarify existing Federal law as to the treatment of students privately educated at home under State law.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Home School Non-Discrimination Act of 2003
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Academic performance
- Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
- Directories
- Disabled
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education savings accounts
- Educational research
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Families
- Federal aid to education
- Federal-state relations
- Government Operations and Politics
- Higher education
- Home schooling
- Income tax
- Parent and child
- Right of privacy
- Scholarships
- School districts
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Secondary education
- Special education
- State laws
- Student records
- Students
- Taxation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 15, 2003Introduced in House
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