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Subcommittee advances resolution urging wider ASVAB access after military recruiters' testimony
Summary
The Education Administration Subcommittee voted unanimously to move HJR 66 to the full education committee after a lengthy hearing with military recruiters who described the ASVAB career-exploration test, its uses and barriers to school access.
The Education Administration Subcommittee advanced HJR 66, a joint resolution urging local education agencies to participate in the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) career exploration program, after a detailed testimony from Tennessee military recruiters and extended committee questions. The clerk recorded six ayes and moved the resolution to the full education committee.
The resolution, sponsored in the subcommittee as HJR 66, encourages high schools to make the ASVAB widely available to grades 10–12. Lieutenant Colonel William Blake English, introduced himself as "commander for Tennessee's recruiting and retention battalion," and summarized the ASVAB as a researched aptitude and career-exploration assessment that measures multiple…
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