Bill · S. 1747· Senate(119-S-1747)
Promoting Classical Learning Act of 2025
- Introduced
- 5/13/2025
- Last activity
- 5/13/2025 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- Sponsored by
- Jim Banks
- Cosponsors
- - 1 - 0
- Introduced
- In Committee
What this bill would do
This bill, titled the "Promoting Classical Learning Act of 2025," aims to promote the use of the Classical Learning Test (CLT) at military service academies and Federally-run schools. The Secretary of Defense would be required to ensure Service Academies allow applicants to submit CLT scores alongside SAT or ACT scores. Additionally, the Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity would require CLT administration for eleventh-grade students in DODEA schools. The Director of the Bureau of Indian Education would also require the CLT for eleventh-grade students in schools funded or operated by that Bureau.
Yes
Would people in their twenties and thirties be better off under this?+2
The bill provides more flexible options for high school students applying to military service academies.
Would students be better off under this?+2
The bill expands the range of acceptable test scores for those seeking admission to service academies.
Does this increase the pay, pensions or support veterans receive?+1
The bill expands testing options for applicants to military service academies.
The opposite
Would Native Americans be better off under this?-1
The bill mandates the administration of the CLT for students in Bureau of Indian Education schools.
Does this put more money into public schools?-1
The bill mandates the administration of a new test for eleventh-grade students in DODEA and BIE schools without providing additional funding.
Who it would affect, and how
Potential Positive Impacts for People
- Increased Options for Military Academy Applicants: The Secretary of Defense must ensure Service Academies allow applicants to submit scores from the Classical Learning Test (CLT) in addition to the SAT or ACT (Section 2). This provides applicants with more ways to present their scores during the admission process.
Potential Negative Impacts for People
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New Testing Requirements for Students: The Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity must require DODEA schools to administer the CLT to eleventh-grade students (Section 3(a)).
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New Testing Requirements for Students in BIE Schools: The Director of the Bureau of Indian Education must require schools funded or operated by the Bureau to administer the CLT to eleventh-grade students (Section 3(b)).
Groups and Interests Ranking
Every group the model scored this bill for, from -10 to +10. Hover a score for the reason it gave.
- Demographic And Interest Groups
- Good For Students+2Good For Young Adults+2Good For Native Americans-1
- Education And Technology
- Increases Public School Funding-1
- National Security And Foreign Policy
- Improves Veterans Benefits+1
- 11/4/2025
- 1 Cosponsor added.
- 5/13/2025
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- Introduced in Senate
One bill Congress.gov lists as related to this one — companions in the other chamber, earlier versions, and bills this one absorbed or was folded into.
Ted BuddRepublican · North Carolina