Promoting Classical Learning Act of 2025
Summary
What This Bill Does
The Promoting Classical Learning Act of 2025 adds the Classic Learning Test to two federal education settings. First, the Secretary of Defense must ensure that each U.S. service academy accepts Classic Learning Test scores, SAT scores, or ACT scores as part of an admissions application. The bill does not replace the SAT or ACT; it requires CLT acceptance as an additional permitted standardized-test option. Second, the Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity must require DoDEA schools to administer the CLT to eleventh-grade students. The Director of the Bureau of Indian Education must also require BIE-funded or BIE-operated schools to administer the CLT to eleventh-grade students. The practical effect is stronger federal use of the CLT in military academy admissions and in federally run or funded secondary schools.
Who Benefits and How
Service academy applicants benefit because they can submit CLT, SAT, or ACT scores rather than being limited to the traditional testing options. The Classic Learning Test provider benefits because federal service academies must accept CLT scores and DoDEA and BIE schools must administer the test to eleventh graders. Eleventh-grade students in DoDEA schools benefit because the bill gives them access to CLT administration through their school. Eleventh-grade students in BIE-funded or BIE-operated schools benefit because those schools must administer the CLT.
Who Bears the Burden and How
The Secretary of Defense must ensure each service academy updates admissions procedures to accept CLT scores. U.S. service academies must process CLT scores alongside SAT and ACT scores in admissions applications. The DoDEA Director and DoDEA schools must schedule, administer, and manage CLT testing for eleventh-grade students. The BIE Director and BIE schools must administer CLT testing for eleventh-grade students in funded or operated schools.
Key Provisions
- Requires each U.S. service academy to allow applicants to submit CLT, SAT, or ACT scores.
- Directs the Secretary of Defense to ensure service academy admissions accept the CLT.
- Requires Department of Defense Education Activity schools to administer the CLT to eleventh-grade students.
- Requires Bureau of Indian Education-funded or operated schools to administer the CLT to eleventh-grade students.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
Requires U.S. military service academies to accept Classic Learning Test, SAT, or ACT scores in admissions applications and requires Department of Defense Education Activity schools and Bureau of Indian Education schools to administer the Classic Learning Test to eleventh-grade students.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Defense, Indian Education
Primary Purpose
Requires U.S. military service academies to accept Classic Learning Test, SAT, or ACT scores in admissions applications and requires Department of Defense Education Activity schools and Bureau of Indian Education schools to administer the Classic Learning Test to eleventh-grade students.
Policy Domains
Substantive provisions
Identified Gains
- Service academy applicants
- Classic Learning Test provider
- Eleventh-grade students in DoDEA schools
- Eleventh-grade students in BIE schools
Identified Costs
- Secretary of Defense
- U.S. service academies
- Department of Defense Education Activity Director
- DoDEA schools
- Bureau of Indian Education Director
- BIE schools
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMrs. Miller of Illinois (for herself and Ms. Boebert) introduced …
Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition …
Introduced in House
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Bureau of Indian Education Director, Classic Learning Test provider, Department of Defense Education Activity Director
Positive-direction: Classic Learning Test provider, Eleventh-grade students in BIE schools, Eleventh-grade students in DoDEA schools, Service academy applicants
Negative-direction: Bureau of Indian Education Director, Department of Defense Education Activity Director, U.S. service academies
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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