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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. 

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 

A BILL 

To authorize the Secretary of Defense to develop and implement a process for sharing military service data with 

States. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military and Edu5 cational Data Integration Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE PROCESS FOR SHARING 

7 MILITARY SERVICE DATA WITH STATES. 

8 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 


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1 (1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

2 ‘‘local educational agency’’ has the meaning given 

3 the term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec4 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

5 (2) SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term ‘‘sec6 ondary school’’ has the meaning given the term in 

7 section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu8 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

9 (3) STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.—The term 

10 ‘‘State educational agency’’ has the meaning given 

11 the term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Sec12 ondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

13 (b) DATA SHARING PROCESS.— 

14 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Defense, in 

15 consultation with the Secretary of Education, State 

16 educational agencies, local educational agencies, 

17 military leaders, and other experts in student data 

18 and privacy shall, not later than 18 months after the 

19 date of enactment of this Act, develop and imple20 ment a secure, data sharing process that enables 

21 State educational agencies to, on a not less than an22 nual basis— 

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1 fense related to each such State’s high school 

2 graduates; and 

3 (B) integrate data elements described in 

4 paragraph (2) maintained by the Secretary of 

5 Defense related to each such State’s high school 

6 graduates into— 

7 (i) such State’s statewide longitudinal 

8 data system; or 

9 (ii) an alternate data system operated 

10 by such State. 

11 (2) DATA ELEMENTS.—The data elements de12 scribed in this paragraph shall include information, 

13 updated not less than annually, regarding the fol14 lowing: 

15 (A) The military service of officers and en16 listed personnel, disaggregated by State of sec17 ondary school graduation (or most recent sec18 ondary school attendance before enlistment or 

19 accession), including the following: 

20 (i) The highest level of education at21 tained by the service member. 

22 (ii) The name and location of the 

23 school that provided the education ref24 erenced in clause (i). 


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1 (iii) The name and location of the sec2 ondary school from which the service mem3 ber graduated (if different than the infor4 mation provided under clause (ii)) (or most 

5 recently attended if the service member did 

6 not graduate). 

7 (iv) The service member’s score on the 

8 Armed Forces Qualification Test. 

9 (v) The date of accession into the 

10 Armed Forces by the service member. 

11 (vi) The military service of the service 

12 member. 

13 (vii) The current rank of the service 

14 member. 

15 (viii) The area of expertise or military 

16 occupational specialty (MOS) of the service 

17 member. 

18 (ix) The date of separation from the 

19 Armed Forces by the service member. 

20 (x) Any other information deemed rel21 evant by the Secretary of Defense. 

22 (B) Information with respect to individuals 

23 who applied for military service (as officers or 

24 enlisted personnel, disaggregated by State of 

25 secondary school graduation (or most recent 


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1 secondary school attendance before enlistment 

2 or accession)), including the following: 

3 (i) The highest level of education at4 tained by the individual. 

5 (ii) The name and location of the 

6 school that provided the education ref7 erenced in clause (i). 

8 (iii) The name and location of the sec9 ondary school from which the individual 

10 graduated (if different than the informa11 tion provided under clause (ii)) (or most 

12 recently attended if the individual did not 

13 graduate). 

14 (iv) The individual’s score on the 

15 Armed Forces Qualification Test. 

16 (3) PRIVACY.—The Secretary of Defense shall 

17 carry out the secure data sharing process required 

18 under paragraph (1) in a manner that protects indi19 vidual privacy and data security, in accordance with 

20 applicable Federal, State, and local privacy laws. 

21 The data collected pursuant to this subsection shall 

22 be collected and maintained in an anonymous for23 mat. 

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