Stop Censoring Military Families Act
This bill requires the Secretary of Defense to restore access to all curricula, books, and learning materials previously available at Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) schools by 30 days after enactment, and prohibits new restrictions until the 2026-2027 school year. It adds new procedural requirements for future directives affecting DODEA schools, mandating advisory committee reviews and congressional notice before changes to curricula or materials. The bill also nullifies specific executive orders (including those restricting "radical indoctrination" or "gender ideology") that impacted DODEA schools and directs a study on creating an independent body to oversee DODEA curricula. It directly affects military-connected students and schools operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity.
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Sep 2025
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Introduced Sep 19, 2025
Last action Sep 19, 2025
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Sep 19, 2025
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Referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Sep 19, 2025
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1 primary · 20 co-sponsors
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Jamie Raskin
DDemocratic
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Angie Craig
DDemocratic
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Chrissy Houlahan
DDemocratic
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Danny K. Davis
DDemocratic
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Dwight Evans
DDemocratic
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
DDemocratic
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Frederica S. Wilson
DDemocratic
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Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.
DDemocratic
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Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.
DDemocratic
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James P. McGovern
DDemocratic
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Lloyd Doggett
DDemocratic
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