Promoting Classical Learning Act of 2025
HR 5968, the Promoting Classical Learning Act of 2025, requires military service academies to accept scores from the Classic Learning Test (CLT) alongside the SAT or ACT for applicant admissions. It also mandates that Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) schools administer the CLT to all 11th graders. Additionally, the bill requires tribally controlled schools and Bureau of Indian Education (BIE)-operated schools to give the CLT to 11th graders. The bill directly affects applicants to military service academies and 11th-grade students in these specific federal school systems.
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Nov 2025
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Introduced Nov 7, 2025
Last action Nov 7, 2025
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Nov 7, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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1 primary · 11 co-sponsors
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Mary E. Miller
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Brandon Gill
RRepublican
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Byron Donalds
RRepublican
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Chip Roy
RRepublican
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Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
RRepublican
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Lauren Boebert
RRepublican
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Michael A. Rulli
RRepublican
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Mike Collins
RRepublican
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Randy Fine
RRepublican
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Ronny Jackson
RRepublican
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Tim Burchett
RRepublican
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