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Ensuring Parental Rights of Military Service Academy Cadets and Midshipmen Policy and Cost Implications / LAURA L. MILLER, STEPHANIE RENNANE, JAIME L. HASTINGS, ANTHONY JACQUES, TARA LAILA BLAGG, DANIEL B. GINSBERG, BARBARA BICKSLER.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Miller, Laura L., 1967-
- Series:
- Research report (Rand Corporation) ; A2059-1
- Report ; A2059-1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Military education--United States.
- Military education.
- Military education--Law and legislation--United States.
- Military cadets--United States.
- Military cadets.
- Midshipmen--United States.
- Midshipmen.
- Military dependents--United States.
- Military dependents.
- Children of military personnel--United States.
- Children of military personnel.
- Gender Integration in the Military.
- Military Compensation.
- Military Education and Training.
- Military Families.
- Military Health and Health Care.
- Military Officers.
- Pregnancy.
- United States Department of Defense.
- Local Subjects:
- Gender Integration in the Military.
- Military Compensation.
- Military Education and Training.
- Military Families.
- Military Health and Health Care.
- Military Officers.
- Pregnancy.
- United States Department of Defense.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 77 pages ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2023
- Summary:
- U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) policy prohibits cadets and midshipmen at the U.S. military service academies (MSAs) from having dependents while enrolled. Cadets or midshipmen who have become parents while enrolled have been required to sever their legal obligation to support the child, resign from the academy, or face disenrollment. The fiscal year (FY) 2022 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) requires that the Secretary of Defense change this policy so that cadets and midshipmen who become parents while attending an MSA can preserve their parental rights, "consistent with the individual and academic responsibilities of such cadet or midshipman." In this report, the authors examine the legal, policy, practice, and cost implications of changing MSA rules to comply with the FY 2022 NDAA. The authors found that changing DoD policy to allow cadets and midshipmen to preserve their parental rights has implications for policies on a host of issues, including the provision of benefits and supporting programs and services--such as housing, child care, and health care--to assist student-parents. The authors also found that, regardless of which policy options DoD chooses, existing laws can temporarily protect cadets and midshipmen from legal action related to their children, and state laws will strongly uphold parental rights. The authors recommend changes to military policies and practices that could help these student-parents better care for their children, succeed in school, and become exemplary officers.
- Contents:
- Chapter One: Introduction
- Chapter Two: Family Law Context of Parental Rights and Responsibilities
- Chapter Three: Military Policy Landscape
- Chapter Four: Cost Implications
- Chapter Five: Recommendations for Military Policy Alignment, Implementation, and Assessment
- Appendix A: Military Policy Review Search Approach
- Appendix B: Additional Cost Results.
- Notes:
- Title from PDF document (title page; viewed August 23, 2023)
- "RAND NATIONAL DEFENSE RESEARCH INSTITUTE"
- "Prepared for the Office of the Secretary of Defense"
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-77)
- Description from electronic resource
- ISBN:
- 1977410723
- 9781977410726
- OCLC:
- 1395234265
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