[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 4588 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 4588
To authorize the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a
process for sharing military service data with States.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 18, 2024
Mr. Moran (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Romney, and Ms. Rosen)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Armed Services
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A BILL
To authorize the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a
process for sharing military service data with States.
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. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROCESS FOR SHARING MILITARY SERVICE DATA
WITH STATES.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Local educational agency.--The term ``local educational
agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 8101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7801).
(2) Secondary school.--The term ``secondary school'' has
the meaning given the term in section 8101 of the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
(3) State educational agency.--The term ``State educational
agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 8101 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
7801).
(b) Data Sharing Process.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Defense, in consultation
with the Secretary of Education, State educational agencies,
local educational agencies, military leaders, and other experts
in student data and privacy shall, not later than 18 months
after the date of enactment of this Act, develop and implement
a secure, data sharing process that enables State educational
agencies to, on a not less than annual basis--
(A) access data elements described in paragraph (2)
maintained by the Secretary of Defense related to each
such State's high school graduates; and
(B) integrate data elements described in paragraph
(2) maintained by the Secretary of Defense related to
each such State's high school graduates into--
(i) such State's statewide longitudinal
data system; or
(ii) an alternate data system operated by
such State.
(2) Data elements.--The data elements described in this
paragraph shall include information, updated not less than
annually, regarding the following:
(A) The military service of officers and enlisted
personnel, disaggregated by State of secondary school
graduation (or most recent secondary school attendance
before enlistment or accession), including the
following:
(i) The highest level of education attained
by the service member.
(ii) The name and location of the school
that provided the education referenced in
clause (i).
(iii) The name and location of the
secondary school from which the service member
graduated (if different than the information
provided under clause (ii)) (or most recently
attended if the service member did not
graduate).
(iv) The service member's score on the
Armed Forces Qualification Test.
(v) The date of accession into the Armed
Forces by the service member.
(vi) The military service of the service
member.
(vii) The current rank of the service
member.
(viii) The area of expertise or military
occupational specialty (MOS) of the service
member.
(ix) The date of separation from the Armed
Forces by the service member.
(x) Any other information deemed relevant
by the Secretary of Defense.
(B) Information with respect to individuals who
applied for military service (as officers or enlisted
personnel, disaggregated by State of secondary school
graduation (or most recent secondary school attendance
before enlistment or accession)), including the
following:
(i) The highest level of education attained
by the individual.
(ii) The name and location of the school
that provided the education referenced in
clause (i).
(iii) The name and location of the
secondary school from which the individual
graduated (if different than the information
provided under clause (ii)) (or most recently
attended if the individual did not graduate).
(iv) The individual's score on the Armed
Forces Qualification Test.
(3) Privacy.--The Secretary of Defense shall carry out the
secure data sharing process required under paragraph (1) in a
manner that protects individual privacy and data security, in
accordance with applicable Federal, State, and local privacy
laws. The data collected pursuant to this subsection shall be
collected and maintained in an anonymous format.
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