[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 115 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Senate]
[Page S4579]
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  SA 2253. Mr. MORAN (for himself, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Romney, and Ms. 
Rosen) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2025 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle C of title V of division A, add the 
     following:

     SEC. 529C. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROCESS FOR SHARING MILITARY 
                   SERVICE DATA WITH STATES.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``Military and Education Data Integration Act''.
       (b) 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).
       (c) 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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