Sec. 527. Independent study on barriers to entry into the Armed Forces for English learners
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Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall seek to seek to enter into a contract with a federally funded research and development center under which the center will conduct a study on barriers to entry into the Armed Forces for English learners. The study under subsection
(a)shall— identify barriers to entry into the Armed Forces for English learners, including— challenges with military recruiters and language proficiency; challenges with the assessment of potential recruits, including the construction and delivery of and testing time constraints related to the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery; challenges with dissemination of recruiting information; and any other challenges that may be identified by the federally funded research and development center in the course of the study; the effect of such barriers on— the number of interactions recruiters have with English learners; the enlistment rate among populations of English learners; and any other effects that may be identified by the federally funded research and development center in the course of the study; an analysis of existing efforts and programs to remove barriers to entry into the Armed Forces for English learners, including an analysis of the scalability and sustainability of such efforts and programs; and additional opportunities to address such barriers, including alternative assessments and Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery preparation programs for English learners. Not later than 270 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the federally funded research and development that conducts the study under subsection
(a)shall submit to the Secretary of Defense a report on the results of the study. Not later than 30 days after the date on which the Secretary of Defense receives the report under subsection (c), the Secretary shall submit to the congressional defense committees an unaltered copy of the report and any comments of the Secretary with respect to the report. In this section, the term English learner has the meaning given that term in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 ).
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Independent study on barriers to entry into the Armed Forces for English learners
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