,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #djbj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #ag1 #bjbe,mr4 
,aderholt introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,armed ,services1 and in addition to   
the ,committee on ,education and        
,workforce1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to authorize the ,secretary 
of ,defense to enter into arrangements  
with institutions of higher education to
 provide dual or concurrent enrollment  
programs for students enrolled in       
schools operated by the ,department of  
,defense ,education ,activity1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,authorization of  
dual or concurrent enrollment programs  
for students of ,,dodea schools  7a7 ,in
 general ,the ,secretary of ,defense1   
acting through the ,director of the     
,department of ,defense ,education      

,activity1 may-- 7#a7 enter into        
arrangements with institutions of higher
 education to provide students of       
,,dodea schools with access to          
postsecondary course credit through dual
 or concurrent enrollment programs2 and 
7#b7 provide financial assistance to    
students to cover the costs associated  
with such programs4  7b7 ,definitions   
,in this section3  7#a7 ,the term       
,,dodea school means a school operated  
by the ,department of ,defense          
,education ,activity within or outside  
the ,united ,states4  7#b7 ,the term    
dual or concurrent enrollment program   
means a program offered by an           
arrangement between the ,department of  
,defense ,education ,activity and an    
institution of higher education and     
through which a student enrolled in a   
,,dodea school who has not graduated    
from high school with a regular high    
school diploma is able to enroll in one 
or more postsecondary courses and earn  
credit that applies--  7,a7 toward      

completion of a postsecondary degree or 
recognized educational credential as    
described in the ,higher ,education ,act
 of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajja et seq472
 and  7,b7 toward completion of high    
school4  7#c7 ,the term institution of  
higher education has the meaning given  
that term in section #ajb of the ,higher
 ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4
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