Sec. 569. Pilot program to expand eligibility for enrollment at domestic dependent elementary and secondary schools
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Beginning not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall carry out a pilot program under which a dependent of a full-time, active-duty member of the Armed Forces may enroll in a covered DODEA school at the military installation to which the member is assigned, on a space-available basis as described in subsection (c), without regard to whether the member resides on the installation as described in 2164(a)(1) of title 10, United States Code.
The purposes of the pilot program under this section are— to evaluate the feasibility and advisability of expanding enrollment in covered DODEA schools; and to determine how increased access to such schools will affect military and family readiness. A student participating in the pilot program under this section may be enrolled in a covered DODEA school only if the school has the capacity to accept the student, as determined by the Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity.
The Secretary of Defense shall carry out the pilot program under this section at not more than four military installations at which covered DODEA schools are located. The Secretary shall select military installations for participation in the program based on— the readiness needs of the Secretary of a the military department concerned; and the capacity of the DODEA schools located at the installation to accept additional students, as determined by the Director of the Department of Defense Education Activity.
The authority to carry out the pilot program under this section shall terminate 4 years after the date of the enactment of this Act. In this Section, the term covered DODEA school means a domestic dependent elementary or secondary school operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity that— has been established on or before the date of the enactment of this Act; and is located in the continental United States.