Home School Graduation Recognition Act
Latest action · Mar 17, 2026 Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 358.
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.
- IntroducedDec 3, 2025
- Passed HouseMar 3, 2026
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Home School Graduation Recognition Act
This bill clarifies that students who complete their secondary education in a home school setting recognized under state law are high school graduates for purposes of eligibility for federal student aid.
Cosponsors 9
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 3, 2025 to Jan 20, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-IL | Mary E. Miller | Original | Dec 3, 2025 |
| R-TN | Diana Harshbarger | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Kevin Kiley | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| R-AZ | Paul A. Gosar | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Randy Fine | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| R-FL | W. Gregory Steube | Dec 9, 2025 | |
| R-CO | Gabe Evans | Jan 15, 2026 | |
| R-IN | Erin Houchin | Jan 16, 2026 | |
| R-VA | John J. McGuire III | Jan 20, 2026 |
Committees 1
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 Dec 3, 2025Markup Dec 11, 2025Reported Feb 10, 2026 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2026Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 358.
- Mar 9, 2026Received in the Senate.
- Mar 5, 2026Mr. Walberg asked unanimous consent that the Clerk be directed to make the correction to the engrossment of H.R. 6392 that has been placed at the desk. Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 3, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2364-2365)
- Mar 3, 2026Mr. Walberg moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Mar 3, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2364-2366)
- Mar 3, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6392.
- Mar 3, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Feb 10, 2026Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and Workforce. H. Rept. 119-492.
- Feb 10, 2026Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 419.
- Dec 11, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Dec 11, 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 33 - 0.
- Dec 3, 2025Introduced in House
- Dec 3, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2451Amendments H2451 | Tim Walberg R-MI (amendment) | Mar 5, 2026 |
| House | Debate and remarks H2364–H2366Text printed H2364 | Mark Harris R-NC, Robert C. "Bobby" Scott D-VA, Tim Walberg R-MI | Mar 3, 2026 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Feb 13, 2026H.R. 6392, Home School Graduation Recognition ActAs reported by the House Committee on Education and Workforce on February 10, 2026
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 202, December 3, 2025, page H5026.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3747 | Home School Graduation Recognition Act | Related bill | Mar 11, 2026 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Home School Graduation Recognition Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Home School Graduation Recognition Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Home School Graduation Recognition Act
- Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
- Home School Graduation Recognition Act
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- 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.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 17, 2026Placed on Calendar Senate
- Mar 3, 2026Engrossed in House
- Feb 10, 2026Reported in House
- Dec 3, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
