3300 – Short Title.

§ 3300. Short title. This article shall be known and may be cited as the “interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children”.

3301 – Purpose.

§ 3301. 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: 1. Facilitating the timely enrollment of children of military families and ensuring that they are not placed at a disadvantage due to difficulty […]

3302 – Definitions.

§ 3302. Definitions. As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires a different meaning: 1. “Active duty” 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. 2. “Children of […]

3303 – Applicabilty.

§ 3303. Applicability. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision two of this section, this compact shall apply to the children of: (a) active duty members of the uniformed services as defined in this compact, including members of the National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders pursuant to 10 U.S.C. sections 1209 and 1211; […]

3304 – Educational Records and Enrollment.

§ 3304. Educational records and enrollment. 1. In the event that official education records cannot be released to the parents for the purpose of transfer, the custodian of the records in the sending state shall prepare and furnish to the parent a complete set of unofficial educational records, to the extent feasible, and using any […]

3304-A – Advance Enrollment.

§ 3304-a. Advance enrollment. A student whose parent or guardian is being relocated to the state under military orders and is transferred or is pending transfer to a military installation within the state shall be deemed to be a resident pupil of a school district for the purposes of enrollment pursuant to section three thousand […]

3305 – Placement and Attendance.

§ 3305. Placement and attendance. 1. When the student transfers before or during the school year, the receiving state school shall initially honor placement of the student in educational courses based on the student’s enrollment in the sending state school and/or educational assessments conducted at the school in the sending state if the courses are […]

3306 – Eligibilty.

§ 3306. Eligibility. 1. (a) When properly executed under applicable law, a special power of attorney, relative to the guardianship of a military child, shall be considered sufficient for the sole purpose of establishing residency of a transferring student into a local educational agency and for all other actions in the local educational agency requiring […]

3307 – Graduation.

§ 3307. Graduation. In order to facilitate the on-time graduation of children of military families, states and local educational agencies shall incorporate the following procedures: 1. Local educational agency administrative officials shall waive specific courses required for graduation if similar coursework has been satisfactorily completed in another local educational agency or shall provide reasonable justification […]

3308 – State Coordination.

§ 3308. State coordination. 1. Each member state shall, through the creation of a state council or use of an existing body or board, provide for the coordination among its agencies of government, local educational agencies and military installations concerning the state’s participation in, and compliance with, this compact and interstate commission activities. In New […]

3309 – Interstate Commission on Educational Oppurtunity for Military Children.

§ 3309. Interstate commission on educational opportunity for military children. The member states hereby create the “interstate commission on educational opportunity for military children”. The activities of the interstate commission are the formation of public policy and are a discretionary state function. The interstate commission shall: 1. Be a body corporate and joint agency of […]

3310 – Powers and Duties of the Interstate Commission.

§ 3310. Powers and duties of the interstate commission. The interstate commission shall have the following powers: 1. To provide for dispute resolution among member states. 2. To promulgate rules and take all necessary actions to effect the goals, purposes and obligations as enumerated in this compact. 3. To issue, upon request of a member […]

3311 – Organization and Operation of the Interstate Commission.

§ 3311. Organization and operation of the interstate commission. 1. The interstate commission shall, by a majority of the members present and voting, within twelve months after the first interstate commission meeting, adopt bylaws to govern its conduct as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of the compact, including, but not […]

3312 – Rulemaking Functions of the Interstate Commission.

§ 3312. Rulemaking functions of the interstate commission. 1. The interstate commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently achieve the purposes of this compact. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the interstate commission exercises its rulemaking authority in a manner that is beyond the scope of the purposes of this article, […]

3313 – Oversight, Enforcement, and Dispute Resolution.

§ 3313. Oversight, enforcement, and dispute resolution. 1. (a) All courts shall take judicial notice of the compact and the rules in any judicial or administrative proceeding in a member state pertaining to the subject matter of this compact which may affect the powers, responsibilities or actions of the interstate commission. (b) The interstate commission […]

3314 – Financing of the Interstate Commission.

§ 3314. Financing of the interstate commission. 1. The interstate commission shall pay, or provide for the payment of the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization and ongoing activities. 2. The interstate commission may levy on and collect an annual assessment from each member state to cover the cost of the operations and activities of […]

3315 – Member States, Effective Date and Amendment.

§ 3315. Member states, effective date and amendment. 1. Any state is eligible to become a member state. 2. The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than ten of the states. Thereafter it shall become effective and binding as to any other member state […]

3316 – Withdrawal and Dissolution.

§ 3316. Withdrawal and dissolution. 1. Once effective, the compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every member state; provided that a member state may withdraw from the compact by specifically repealing the statute, which enacted the compact into law. 2. Withdrawal from this compact shall be by the enactment of […]

3317 – Severability and Construction.

§ 3317. Severability and construction. 1. The provisions of this compact shall be severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the compact shall be enforceable. 2. The provisions of this compact shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes. 3. Nothing in this compact shall be […]

3318 – Binding Effect of Compact and Other Laws.

§ 3318. Binding effect of compact and other laws. 1. All agreements between the interstate commission and the member states are binding in accordance with their terms. 2. In the event any provision of this compact exceeds the constitutional limits imposed on the legislature of any member state, such provision shall be ineffective to the […]