S.Amdt. 5852

SA 5852. Mr. CRUZ (for himself and Mr. Budd) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed by him to the bill S. 4784, to authorize
appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title X, insert the following:

SEC. ___. TREATMENT OF COMPULSORY EDUCATION AND HOMESCHOOLING
LAWS OF STATES UNDER SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL
RELIEF ACT.

(a) In General.--Title VII of the Servicemembers Civil
Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 4021 et seq.) is amended by adding at
the end the following new section:

``SEC. 708. COMPULSORY EDUCATION AND HOMESCHOOLING LAWS OF
STATES.

``(a) In General.--A dependent child of a servicemember who
is educated at home and is covered by military orders for a
permanent change of station to a location shall be considered
in compliance with all compulsory education and homeschooling
provisions of law of the State of the location, if such
dependent child is in compliance with all the compulsory
education and homeschooling provisions of law of such State
or the State of the legal residence of the servicemember.
``(b) Definition of Child.--In this section, the term
`child' has the meaning given such term in section 101 of
title 38, United States Code.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents in section
1(b) of such Act is amended by inserting after the item
relating to section 707 the following new item:
``Sec. 708. Compulsory education and homeschooling laws of States.''.
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