Sec. 4. Task force on education careers for veterans
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Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall convene a task force to identify strategies that may be used to assist veterans in obtaining employment in the field of education. The task force convened under subsection
(a)shall— consult regularly with veterans service organizations in performing the duties of the task force; and coordinate administrative and regulatory activities and develop proposals to— identify State licensing and certification requirements that are excessive and unnecessarily burdensome for veterans seeking to transition into careers in education; identify potential compensation structures for educational employment that include salary credit for prior military and law enforcement experience; recommend incentives to encourage educational employers to hire veterans; assess the feasibility of establishing dedicated military veteran liaison positions in school districts; examine how funds made available for the Veterans-to-Classrooms Program under section 1154 of title 10, United States Code, may be used to conduct outreach, provide certification support, and help States establish outreach centers for veterans; and explore how partnerships entered by the Secretary under subsection
(j)of such section may be used to promote careers in education among veterans through collaboration with relevant employment transition programs, including the Transition Assistance Program, the SkillBridge and Career Skills Programs of the Department of Defense, and the AmeriCorps program. The task force shall consist of— the Secretary of Defense, or the designee of the Secretary, who shall be the head of the task force; the Secretary of Education, or the designee of the Secretary; the Attorney General, or the designee of the Attorney General; the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, or the designee of the Secretary; the Secretary of Labor, or the designee of the Secretary; the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, or the designee of the Director; four representatives from a veterans service organization, selected by the President; a representative of the Administrative Conference of the United States; and representatives of State and local governments selected by the President, which may include representatives of State boards of education and relevant State licensing agencies. Not later than one year after the date on which the task force is convened under subsection (a), the task force shall submit to Congress a report that includes— a description of actions that may be carried out by State and local governments to reduce barriers that interfere with the ability of veterans to transition into careers in education; and recommendations for specific legislative and regulatory actions that may be carried out to reduce such barriers. The report under paragraph
(1)shall be made available on a publicly accessible website of the Department of Defense. In this section, the term veterans service organization means any organization recognized by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for the representation of veterans under section 5902 of title 38, United States Code.