116th CONGRESS 1st Session |
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of homeschooled students in Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps units.
March 5, 2019
Mr. Cotton (for himself and Mr. Jones) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services
To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the inclusion of homeschooled students in Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps units.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. Inclusion of homeschooled students in Junior Reserve Officer's Training Corps units.
Section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
“(g) (1) Each public secondary educational institution that maintains a unit under this section shall permit membership in the unit to homeschooled students residing in the area served by the institution who are qualified for membership in the unit (but for lack of enrollment in the institution).
“(2) A student who is a member of a unit pursuant to this subsection shall count toward the satisfaction by the institution concerned of the requirement in subsection (b)(1) relating to the minimum number of student members in the unit necessary for the continuing maintenance of the unit.”.