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H. Rept. 119-492 1 (2026-02-10)

handle is hein.congrecreports/crptxaiaq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: AUTHENTICATED r U.S. GOVERNMENT INFORMATION 4 119TH CONGRESS REPORT 2d Session j HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 119-492 HOME SCHOOL GRADUATION RECOGNITION ACT FEBRUARY 10, 2026.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WALBERG, from the Committee on Education and Workforce, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H.R. 6392] The Committee on Education and Workforce, to whom was re- ferred the bill (H.R. 6392) 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, having considered the same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and recommends that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the Home School Graduation Recognition Act. SEC. 2. RECOGNIZING HOME SCHOOL GRADUATES AS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES. Section 484(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1091(d)) is amend- ed- (1) in the heading of such subsection, by striking WHO ARE NOT HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES and inserting FROM NON-TRADITIONAL SETTINGS; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (3) HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE.-For purposes of this Act, a student who has completed a secondary school education in a home school setting that is treated as a home school or private school under State law shall be considered a high school graduate.. PURPOSE The purpose of H.R. 6392, the Home School Graduation Recogni- tion Act, is to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) to clarify that students, who have graduated in a homeschool setting in accordance with state law, are high school graduates eligible for student financial aid under HEA. Under current law, homeschooled students are eligible for federal student aid when they complete 69-006