Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) unveiled legislation on Wednesday that would require American military service academies to accept the Classical Learning Test (CLT) as an admissions option.
“The Classical Learning Test is the standard for academic excellence, and our service academies should accept nothing less. My bill ensures we recruit the brightest, most well-rounded young Americans to lead and defend our nation,” Banks said in a written statement to Breitbart News.
The Promoting Classical Learning Act would mandate that military academies such as West Point and the Naval Academy accept the CLT alongside the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) and the American College Test (ACT).
The legislation also stipulates that federally run secondary schools, including the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense and the Bureau of Indian Education Schools, administer the CLT to all 11th-grade students. There are 161 schools operated by the Defense Department.