Sec. 3. Limitations on further restrictions to curricula, books, other learning materials, and cultural events
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Section 2164 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: The Secretary of Defense may not issue any directive affecting the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of two or more schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity until one year after the following requirements have been met: The Secretary has submitted to the School Advisory Committee (or the equivalent advisory body) and Installation Advisory Committee of the schools involved and to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives written notice of the Secretary’s intent to issue such directive together with a description of and justification for the directive.
Each School Advisory Committee (or the equivalent advisory body) that received the notice under subparagraph (A)— with respect to a directive pertaining to curricula or programs of instruction, has voted to initiate the CMRC process with regard to the directive; or with respect to a directive pertaining to administration or personnel— has voted to initiate the CMRC process with regard to the directive; or in lieu of initiating such process, has conducted a review to determine how the directive will affect the school involved, produced a written response setting forth the results of the review, and approved such response via an official vote.
The findings of such process or review (as the case may be) were submitted to the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives not later than 90 days after the process or review was initiated, and such Committees have had an opportunity to consider potential legislative responses to the proposed directive. The Secretary of Defense may not issue any directive affecting the curriculum, program of instruction, administration, or personnel of two or more schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity unless— the Secretary submits to the School Advisory Committee (or the equivalent advisory body) of the schools involved and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and the House of Representatives written notice of the Secretary’s intent to issue such directive together with a description of and justification for the directive; and a period of 90 days has elapsed following the date on which such notice was submitted.
The requirements of paragraphs
(1)and
(2)shall apply to directives affecting two or more schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity regardless of whether such directives are issued collectively or separately to individual schools. The Secretary of Defense may not issue any directive affecting the selection or removal of library resources, textbooks, or other printed or published instructional materials at any individual school operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity unless— the Secretary submits to the School Advisory Committee (or the equivalent advisory body) of the school involved written notice of the Secretary’s intent to issue such directive together with a description of and justification for the directive; and a period of 30 days has elapsed following the date on which such notice was submitted. The Secretary of Defense may not— limit the authority of an individual school to plan or hold commemorative events or cultural events that have been duly approved by the principal, faculty, staff, or School Advisory Committee (or the equivalent) of the school involved; or withhold funding or take other action against a school solely because such school plans or holds an event described in subparagraph (A). In this subsection, the term CMRC process means the procedures described in Department of Defense Education Activity Administrative Instruction 2992.01 relating to ‘Information Center and Classroom Supplemental Materials Selection Policy and Challenge Procedures’, dated February 12, 2010. . The amendments made by subsection
(a)shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply beginning with the 2026–2027 academic year for schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity.