U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
SB5597: Service Academy Testing Enhancement Act of 2026
Status: In committee, September 29, 2026
A bill to promote the use of standardized testing at military service academies and DoDEA schools.
What the bill says
To promote the use of standardized testing at military service academies and DoDEA schools.
From the introduced text, September 29, 2026:
A BILL To promote the use of standardized testing at military service academies and DoDEA schools. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Service Academy Testing Enhancement Act of 2026 . SECTION 2. Promoting the use of standardized testing at military service academies and DoDEA schools (a) Military service academies The Secretary of Defense shall ensure that each of the Service Academies (as that term is defined in section 347(d) of title 10, United States Code) may satisfy any standardized testing requirement through scores from any of not fewer than three nationally recognized standardized assessments that are designed to evaluate college readiness and that measure, at a minimum, mathematics, reading, grammar and writing, and analytical reasoning skills. Such assessments may also evaluate critical and logical reasoning, comprehension of literary, historical, or philosophical texts, and other indicators of postsecondary readiness as determined appropriate by the Secretary. (b) DoDEA schools The Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity shall ensure that students enrolled in the eleventh grade are offered the opportunity to take not fewer than three standardized assessments described in subsection (a).
Sponsors
- Banks, Jim (R) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- : Introduced in Senate
Subjects: Armed Forces and National Security
Common questions
- What is SB5597?
- SB5597 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Service Academy Testing Enhancement Act of 2026.
- What does SB5597 do?
- In its own words: To promote the use of standardized testing at military service academies and DoDEA schools.
- What is the status of SB5597?
- In committee as of September 29, 2026. Latest action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. (September 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB5597?
- Banks, Jim (R).
- Where is the official record for SB5597?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/5597
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