[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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