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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Jan 27, 2015
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) allow payment of home school expenses from Coverdell education savings accounts; (2) remove the dollar limitation on contributions to Coverdell education savings accounts and require such accounts to provide adequate safeguards to prevent contributions from exceeding the amount necessary to provide for the qualified education expenses of the account beneficiary; and (3) allow tax-exempt qualified tuition programs (529 tuition programs) to pay qualified pre-kindergarten, elementary, and secondary education expenses.
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Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6] · R–IN
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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