Home School Graduation Recognition Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6392 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                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.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 3, 2025

Mr. Harris of North Carolina (for himself and Mrs. Miller of Illinois)
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
                        Education and Workforce

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                                 A BILL

  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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Home School Graduation Recognition
Act''.

SEC. 2. RECOGNIZING HOME SCHOOL GRADUATES.

    Section 484(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1091(d)) is amended--
            (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.''.
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