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Introduced September 19, 2025 by Jamie Ben Raskin · Last progress September 19, 2025
The bill prioritizes local control, predictability, and congressional transparency for DoDEA curricula and limits DoD implementation of certain Executive Orders, at the cost of constraining DoD's ability to act quickly on safety or policy concerns, increasing administrative burden, and potentially adding costs or delaying systemwide reforms.
Students in DoDEA schools (and their parents) will regain predictable access to curricula and library materials that were available before Jan 20, 2025, because previously used materials must be restored within 30 days and restrictions are barred until the 2026–2027 school year.
Local school communities (students, parents, and advisory committees) retain control over curricular and library changes because DoDEA must provide formal local review periods and advisory committee input before adopting systemwide directives.
Congress and oversight bodies will receive more transparency and information about DoDEA material removals and curriculum proposals due to mandated DoD reporting, required notices to Armed Services Committees, and a GAO study with recommendations.
DoD leaders and military education officials could be constrained in responding quickly to safety, security, accuracy, or policy problems in DoDEA schools because the bill preserves prior materials and imposes procedural waiting periods.
Students and families may experience prolonged access to controversial, inaccurate, or potentially harmful instructional or library materials because central removal is limited by notice and waiting periods and prior materials are preserved for an academic year.
Federal and DoD staff will face increased administrative workload, reporting requirements, formal review processes, and potentially greater litigation risk, diverting time and resources from other duties.
Based on analysis of 5 sections of legislative text.
Restores pre‑Jan‑20‑2025 learning materials at DoDEA schools, limits DoD directives over curricula/materials without set review steps, voids listed DoD executive orders, and orders a GAO study on an independent DoDEA curriculum body.
Requires the Department of Defense to restore and temporarily preserve curricula, books, and other learning materials in schools run by the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) that were available before January 20, 2025, with restoration no later than 30 days after enactment and restrictions barred until after the 2026–2027 school year begins. It adds a statutory limit on DoD directives that would change curricula, instructional or library materials, or related school administration without specified notice, review, and waiting-period procedures, voids several named Executive Orders for DoD purposes, and orders GAO to study whether an independent body should design and implement DoDEA curricula. Also requires DoD reports to Congress listing materials flagged for removal after January 20, 2025, explains the processes used to flag or remove materials, and directs a GAO feasibility study on an independent DoDEA curriculum authority, with deadlines for both reports set in the text.