Protect Parent Organized Direction of Students Act
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in senate (Oct 1, 2020)
Protect Parent Organized Direction of Students Act
This bill prohibits states and localities that regulate the free formation of educational pods from receiving federal emergency education funding for COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) relief. An educational pod refers to a small group of three or more students at the elementary or secondary school level who are from more than one family and learn together in person outside of the school.
In addition, the bill temporarily expands the tax deduction for certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers to include certain home educators.
What just happenedOct 1, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in SenateOct 1, 2020
- Oct 1, 2020IntroReferral
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Finance Committee - Oct 1, 2020IntroReferral10000
Introduced in Senate