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COMPASS Act

To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide relief for members of the uniformed services who homeschool their dependent children, and for other purposes.

Introduced Jun 18, 2026

Latest action (Jul 6, 2026) Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.

Referred to
Veterans' Affairs Committee Economic Opportunity Subcommittee
Policy area
Armed Forces and National Security
Issues
Defense

Summary
  • Amends the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to establish protections for homeschooled children of active-duty military members who relocate due to military orders.
  • Allows homeschooled dependent children of servicemembers to comply with compulsory education and homeschooling laws of either their new state or their servicemember parent's state of legal residence.
  • Reduces administrative burden on military families by preventing conflicting state homeschooling requirements from disrupting educational continuity during permanent change of station relocations.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
4 cosponsors

Money behind the sponsor

Top reported contributors to Pat Harrigan’s campaign committee (2024 cycle) — who funds the bill’s sponsor, not a claim about this bill. Data from FEC.

  • GRANITE HARDWOODS $14,200
  • THE KEITH CORPORATION $9,900
  • D&H MARKETING $8,600
  • INDIAN TRIBE $7,600
  • ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES $6,600

Organizations whose employees gave the most — itemized individual contributions grouped by the donor’s reported employer (FEC Schedule A). Full finance for Pat Harrigan → · Outside spending →

Actions (3)
  1. Jul 6, 2026 Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. · house
  2. Jun 18, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. · house
  3. Jun 18, 2026 Introduced in House

Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • S 4783 — COMPASS Act · Introduced Jun 15, 2026 · Cong. 119 91%
  • HR 5987 — Total Force Family Education Act · Introduced Nov 7, 2025 · Cong. 119 66%
  • S 4237 — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to modify the eligibility requirements for transfer of unused entitlement to Post-9/11 Educational Assistance, and for other purposes. · Introduced Mar 26, 2026 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 5425 — Servicemember Retention and Education Advancement Act · Introduced Sep 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 65%
  • HR 6002 — Veterans Earned Education Act · Introduced Nov 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%
  • HR 3753 — Expanding Access for Online Veteran Students Act · Introduced Jun 17, 2025 · Cong. 119 64%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Jun 18, 2026

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 18, 2026

Mr. Harrigan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs

A BILL

To amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act to provide relief for members of the uniformed services who homeschool their dependent children, 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 “Continuity of Military Parents’ Academic Schooling and State Standards Act of 2026” or the “COMPASS Act”.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.

The purposes of this Act are—

(1) to ensure uninterrupted educational continuity for military-connected students;

(2) to reduce administrative and legal burdens caused by frequent relocations;

(3) to prevent conflicting State homeschooling requirements from penalizing military families;

(4) to support family stability and readiness of servicemembers (as defined in section 101 of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (50 U.S.C. 3911)) during transitions; and

(5) to align homeschooling treatment more closely with existing protections tied to domicile and legal residence afforded to military families under Federal law.

SEC. 3. 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.”. <all>

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