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Published: February 19, 2025
The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) oversees 160 schools serving more than 66,000 students in 11 foreign countries, 7 states, Guam, and Puerto Rico.
Military-connected students are top performers despite the challenges of parental deployments and frequent moves.
On the 2024 National Assessment of Educational Progress, the nation’s report card, fourth and eighth graders in DoDEA schools were either at the top of the charts or in second place.
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House marks up bills affecting military-connected students
Submitted on March 24, 2025
Bills in Congress
Learn NEA's position on pending legislation related to public education, and take action to protect our schools
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S 3070 Shutdown Student Loans for Feds Act www.congress.gov
Introduced on October 29, 2025
This bill would require the Department of Education to pause student loan payments for federal workers – including federal contractors and military personnel – in the event of a federal government shutdown lasting longer than two weeks. If passed, this legislation would take immediate effect for DoDEA educators and other federal workers during the current federal government shutdown.
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HR 5527 Stop Censoring Military Families Act www.congress.gov
Introduced on September 19, 2025
On September 19, Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) & Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) introduced The Stop Censoring Military Families Act (H.R.5527), which would restore all books removed from Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) schools by the Trump Administration and protect school curricula from political changes #bts2025_1.
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HR 2550 Protect America’s Workforce Act www.congress.gov
Introduced on April 1, 2025
This bill aims to restore collective bargaining rights for unionized federal employees, including those in Department of Defense Education Activity Schools (DoDEA), reversing Trump’s Executive Order entitled “Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs.”
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