The provisions of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children are as follows: Article I. Purpose It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents by: (A) Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty in the transfer of education records from the previous school district(s) or variations in entrance/age requirements. (B) Facilitating the student placement process through which children of military families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing, grading, course content, or assessment. (C) Facilitating the qualification and eligibility for enrollment, educational programs, and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic, and social activities. (D) Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families. (E) Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of administrative rules implementing the provisions of this compact. (F) Providing for the uniform collection and sharing of information between and among member states, schools, and military families under this compact. (G) Promoting coordination between this compact and other compacts affecting military children. (H) Promoting flexibility and cooperation between the educational system, parents and the student in order to achieve educational success for the student. Article II. Definitions As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires a different construction: (A) âActive dutyâ means: full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders pursuant to 10 U.S.C. Sections 1209 and 1211. (B) âChildren of military familiesâ means: a school-aged child or children, enrolled in Kindergarten through Twelfth (12th) grade, in the household of an active duty member. (C) âCompact commissionerâ means: the voting representative of each compacting state appointed pursuant to Article VIII of this compact. (D) âDeploymentâ means: the period one (1) month prior to the service membersâ departure from their home station on military orders though six (6) months after return to their home station. (E) âEducational recordsâ means: those official records, files, and data directly related to a student and maintained by the school or local education agency, including, but not limited to, records encompassing all the material kept in the studentâs cumulative folder such as general identifying data, records of attendance and of academic work completed, records of achievement and results of evaluative tests, health data, disciplinary status, test protocols, and individualized education programs. (F) âExtracurricular activitiesâ means: a voluntary activity sponsored by the school or local education agency or an organization sanctioned by the local education agency. Extracurricular activities include, but are not limited to, preparation for and involvement in public performances, contests, athletic competitions, demonstrations, displays, and club activities. (G) âInterstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Childrenâ means: the commission that is created under Article IX of this compact, which is generally referred to as Interstate Commission. (H) âLocal education agencyâ means: a public authority legally constituted by the state as an administrative agency to provide control of and direction for Kindergarten through Twelfth (12th) grade public educational institutions. (I) âMember stateâ means: a state that has enacted this compact. (J) âMilitary installationâ means: a base, camp, post, station, yard, center, homeport facility for any ship, or other activity under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, including any leas
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