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Your MoneyFor student aid, home-schooled students would count as high school graduates, not a special case.
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Home-schooled students can already get Pell Grants, federal loans, and work-study. The bill would move them out of a law section for students who are not high school graduates.
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If you finished high school at home, federal student aid law would count you as a high school graduate. Home-schooled students can already get Pell Grants, federal student loans, and work-study. But today the law lists them in a section for students who are not high school graduates. The aid itself is already open to you, so the change is mainly about how the law describes you. Your state decides who qualifies. The home schooling has to be treated as a home school or private school under state law. No start date is set, so the change would begin when the bill becomes law. It cleared its Senate committee on March 11, 2026, and has not passed either chamber.
Congressional Summary
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.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 354.
- Action Date
- 2026-03-11
- Date Added
- 2026-04-06
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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