119-hr4020

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4020 Introduced in House

    (IH) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 4020

 To authorize the Secretary of Defense to enter into arrangements with 
 institutions of higher education to provide dual or concurrent 
 enrollment programs for students enrolled in schools operated by the 
 Department of Defense Education Activity, and for other purposes.

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 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 June 17, 2025

 Mr. Aderholt introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on 
Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
 within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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 A BILL

 To authorize the Secretary of Defense to enter into arrangements with 
 institutions of higher education to provide dual or concurrent 
 enrollment programs for students enrolled in schools operated by the 
 Department of Defense Education Activity, and for other purposes.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. AUTHORIZATION OF DUAL OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS FOR 
 STUDENTS OF DODEA SCHOOLS.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary of Defense, acting through the 
Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity, may--

    (1) enter into arrangements with institutions of higher 
 education to provide students of DODEA schools with access to 
 postsecondary course credit through dual or concurrent 
 enrollment programs; and

    (2) provide financial assistance to students to cover the 
 costs associated with such programs.

    (b) 

=== Definitions. ===
-In this section:

    (1) The term ``DODEA school'' means a school operated by 
 the Department of Defense Education Activity within or outside 
 the United States.

    (2) The term ``dual or concurrent enrollment program'' 
 means a program offered by an arrangement between the 
 Department of Defense Education Activity and an institution of 
 higher education and through which a student enrolled in a 
 DODEA school who has not graduated from high school with a 
 regular high school diploma is able to enroll in one or more 
 postsecondary courses and earn credit that applies--
        (A) toward completion of a postsecondary degree or 
 recognized educational credential as described in the 
 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.); 
 and
        (B) toward completion of high school.

    (3) The term ``institution of higher education'' has the 
 meaning given that term in 

section 102 of the Higher Education 
 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002).
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