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119-s-5597119th CongressWALLET

Service Academy Testing Enhancement Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Senator Banks, Jim [R-IN]

Introduced

Summary

Flexible, multi-test pathway to meet Service Academy standardized testing requirements. This bill would let each Service Academy accept scores from at least 3 nationally recognized college-readiness assessments and require the Department of Defense Education Activity to offer 11th graders those assessments.

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  • Service Academies: Would be able to satisfy testing rules using scores from at least 3 nationally recognized assessments that measure mathematics, reading, grammar and writing, and analytical reasoning.
  • DoDEA 11th graders: Schools run by the Department of Defense Education Activity would be offered at least 3 of those assessments in eleventh grade.
  • Department leadership: The Secretary of Defense could approve additional indicators of readiness, including critical and logical reasoning and comprehension of literary, historical, or philosophical texts.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

More college tests for DoDEA juniors

If enacted, the Department of Defense Education Activity would offer 11th-grade students at DoDEA schools the chance to take at least three nationally recognized college-readiness tests. Those tests would have to measure mathematics, reading, grammar and writing, and analytical reasoning. The bill does not say whether students would have to pay to take the tests.

More test options for Service Academy applicants

If enacted, the Defense Secretary would require each Service Academy to allow applicants to satisfy standardized testing requirements using scores from at least three nationally recognized college-readiness tests. The tests would have to measure mathematics, reading, grammar and writing, and analytical reasoning. The Secretary could also permit other readiness measures, like critical reasoning or comprehension of literary, historical, or philosophical texts.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Banks, Jim [R-IN]

IN • R

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

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