{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://burlison.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-burlison-introduces-achieving-choice-education-act", "Rep. Burlison Introduces the Achieving Choice in Education Act", "2023-12-14", "2023", "2023-12", "Republican", "House", "MO", "Eric Burlison", "B001316", "burlison.house.gov", "burlison", "https://burlison.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON- Today, Congressman Eric Burlison (MO-07) introduced the Achieving Choice in Education Act which would increase options for parents and encourage states to implement school choice policies. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) is introducing the Senate companion to the bill.\n\n\u201cAcross the country, and especially in Southwest Missouri, school choice is already benefitting many of our nation\u2019s young children.\u201d said Rep. Burlison.\n\n\u201cThrough 529 education saving accounts, families are freed from the arbitrary link between where they live and which school their child can attend.\u201d\n\n\u201cSchool choice makes institutions of education more accountable and responsive to families. This leads to higher graduation rates and increases parental satisfaction and involvement while saving taxpayer dollars.\u201d\n\nThe Achieving Choice in Education Act modifies the definition of \u201cqualified higher education expense\u201d to allow 529 savings accounts to be used for tuition, books, curriculum materials, online education resources, tutoring fees, standardized tests, dual enrollment in higher education, and private and home school expenses.\n\nThe bill doubles the contribution limit on K-12 expenses with 529 accounts from $10,000 to $20,000 a year and excludes those contributions from \u201cgift tax\u201d calculations up to $20,000 to meet the new withdrawal limit.\n\nAdditionally, the Achieving Choice in Education Act gives states strong incentives to pass school choice policies through a 2-tier system impacting the tax-exemption status of municipal bonds.\n\nClick here to read the bill text.\n\nA one-pager with additional details can be found here.\n\nCosponsors (5): Reps. John Carter (TX-31)*, Doug LaMalfa (CA-1), Ralph Norman (SC-5), Andy Webber (TX-14), Tracey Mann (KS-01)\n\nSenate Cosponsors (Led by Sen. Mike Lee): Senators Tim Scott (SC)*, Cindy Hyde-Smith (MS), Mike Braun (IN), Eric Schmitt (MO), Ted Budd (NC)", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://burlison.house.gov/media/press-releases/rep-burlison-introduces-achieving-choice-education-act"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.055906992405653, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}