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118THCONGRESS
2
DSESSION H. R. 8269
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require
local educational agencies to allow recruiters to access the secondary
schools served by the local educational agency for recruiting activities,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY7, 2024
Mr. F
ALLON(for himself and Mr. WALTZ) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in
addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subse-
quently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965 to require local educational agencies to allow
recruiters to access the secondary schools served by the
local educational agency for recruiting activities, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Recruiters on Campus 4
Act’’ or the ‘‘ROC Act’’. 5
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SEC. 2. ESEA MILITARY RECRUITER ACCESS. 1
(a) I
NGENERAL.—Subpart 2 of Part F of title VIII 2
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 3
(20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 4
section 8528 the following: 5
‘‘SEC. 8528A. MILITARY RECRUITER ACCESS TO SECONDARY 6
SCHOOL CAMPUSES. 7
‘‘Each local educational agency receiving assistance 8
under this Act shall provide military recruiters the same 9
access to the campus of each secondary school served by 10
the local educational agency for the purpose of recruiting 11
students who are at least 17 years of age that is provided 12
to any prospective employer, institution of higher edu-13
cation, or other recruiter.’’. 14
(b) E
FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 15
this Act shall take effect 1 year after the date of enact-16
ment of this Act. 17
SEC. 3. COMPLIANCE MONITORING AND REPORTING. 18
On an annual basis, the Secretary of Defense shall— 19
(1) collect information from military recruiters 20
regarding the compliance of local educational agen-21
cies with the requirements of section 8528A of the 22
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 23
(as added by section 2 of this Act); and 24
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(2) based on such information, prepare and 1
submit to the Secretary of Education a report 2
that— 3
(A) identifies each local educational agency 4
that the Secretary of Defense determines to be 5
in violation of such section; and 6
(B) explains the reasons for such deter-7
mination. 8
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