$givenname = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the user's first name."
$surname = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the user's last name."
$displayname = "$firstname $lastname"
$password = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the desired password."
$accountpassword = ConvertTo-SecureString -String $password -AsPlainText -Force
$template = Read-Host -Prompt "Enter the username you would like to copy from."
$samaccountname = "$($firstname[0]$lastname)"
$emailaddress = $samaccountname + "@" + "$location" + ".org"
$cn = $template.distinguishedname.split(',')[0]
$path = "'" + $template.distinguishedname.TrimStart($cn + ",") + "'"
$instance = Get-ADUser -Identity $template
$usercheck = Get-ADUser -Filter {SAMAccountName -eq $samaccountname}
Write-Host "Now checking if $username already exists in Active Directory..."
While ($usercheck){
    $username = Read-Host -Prompt "Username $username is already taken.  Please enter a new username."
    $usercheck = Get-ADUser -Filter {SAMAccountName -eq $samaccountname}
    If ($usercheck -eq $Null) {Break}
}
$params = @{
        "Instance"=$instance
        "Name"=$name
        "DisplayName"=$name
        "GivenName"=$givenname
        "SurName"=$surname
        "AccountPassword"=$accountpassword
        "EmailAddress"=$emailaddress
        "Path"=$path
    }
New-ADUser @params
Get-ADUser -Identity $template -Properties memberof | Select-Object -ExpandProperty memberof | Add-ADGroupMember -Members $samaccountname