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Military and Educational Data Integration Act
To establish a process to furnish to State educational agencies certain demographic data regarding members of the Armed Forces.
Summary
This bill requires the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security to establish a data sharing process with State educational agencies to access demographic information about high school graduates who became members of the Armed Forces. State educational agencies could integrate this data into their statewide longitudinal data systems to track educational and military career outcomes. The shared data would include information such as education attainment, military service dates, rank, military occupational specialty, Armed Forces test scores, and separation dates, as well as information on individuals whose military applications were denied. The bill mandates that all data sharing comply with Federal, State, and local privacy laws and that the Secretaries of Defense and Homeland Security establish reasonable data security practices to protect individual privacy and data confidentiality. The Secretaries have 18 months from enactment to establish the data sharing process.
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Sponsor (1)
- Rep. Lee, Susie [D-NV-3] (D-NV)
13 cosponsors
- Del. Moylan, James C. [R-GU-At Large] (R-GU)
- Del. Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman [R-AS-At Large] (R-AS)
- Rep. Bergman, Jack [R-MI-1] (R-MI)
- Rep. Case, Ed [D-HI-1] (D-HI)
- Rep. Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3] (D-KS)
- Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] (D-CT)
- Rep. Fields, Cleo [D-LA-6] (D-LA)
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA)
- Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] (R-TN)
- Rep. McCormick, Richard [R-GA-7] (R-GA)
- Rep. Moulton, Seth [D-MA-6] (D-MA)
- Rep. Schmidt, Derek [R-KS-2] (R-KS)
- Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17] (D-IL)
Actions (2)
- Feb 25, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Armed Services. · house
- Feb 25, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 25, 2025
Ms. Lee of Nevada (for herself, Mr. Schmidt, Mr. Bergman, Mr. Fleischmann, Mr. Moylan, Mr. Case, Mr. McCormick, Mr. Moulton, Ms. Davids of Kansas, Mr. Fields, Mrs. Radewagen, and Mr. Sorensen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Armed Services
A BILL
To establish a process to furnish to State educational agencies certain demographic data regarding members of the Armed Forces.
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 “Military and Educational Data Integration Act”.
SEC. 2. PROCESS TO FURNISH CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHIC DATA REGARDING MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES TO STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES.
(a) Establishment.—The Secretaries concerned, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, State educational agencies, local educational agencies, and experts in student data and privacy, shall, not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of this Act, establish a data sharing process that enables a State educational agency to—
(1) access data described in subsection (b) attributable to individuals who graduated high school in the State of such State educational agency; and
(2) integrate such data into—
(A) such State’s statewide longitudinal data system; or
(B) an alternate data system operated by such State.
(b) Data Described.—The data described in this paragraph may include the following information:
(1) With respect to an individual who is a member of an Armed Force who graduated from secondary school:
(A) The highest level of education attained.
(B) The name and location of the educational institution where the member received education described in subparagraph (A).
(C) The name and location of the secondary school from which the individual graduated.
(D) Score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test.
(E) The date the member joined an Armed Force.
(F) The Armed Force of the member.
(G) Rank.
(H) The area of expertise or military occupational specialty.
(I) The date of separation, if applicable.
(J) Any other information determined appropriate by the Secretary concerned.
(2) With respect to an individual who graduated from secondary school and whose application to join an Armed Force was denied:
(A) The highest level of education attained.
(B) The name and location of the school where the individual received education described in subparagraph
(A).
(C) The name and location of the secondary school from which the individual graduated.
(D) Score on the Armed Forces Qualification Test.
(c) Privacy.—
(1) Confidentiality.—Data transmitted through the data sharing process under subsection (a) shall be transmitted confidentially and using the most current standards for data security at the time of transmission.
(2) Protection of individual privacy and data security.— The Secretaries concerned shall carry out subsection (a) in a manner that protects individual privacy and data security, in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and local privacy laws.
(3) Data security practices.—Each Secretary concerned and each State educational agency that accesses data under subsection (a) shall establish, implement, and maintain reasonable data security practices to protect—
(A) the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data; and
(B) data against unauthorized access.
(d) Definitions.—In this section:
(1) The term “Secretary concerned” means—
(A) the Secretary of Defense; or
(B) the Secretary of Homeland Security.
(2) The terms “local educational agency”, “secondary school”, and “State educational agency” have the meanings given such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). <all>
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