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(a) Rulemaking authority. 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…

(a) Oversight. (1) The executive, legislative and judicial branches of state government in each member state shall enforce this compact and shall take all actions necessary and appropriate to effectuate the compact’s purposes and intent. The provisions of this compact and the rul…

(a) The interstate commission shall pay, or provide for the payment of the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization and ongoing activities. (b) The interstate commission may levy on and collect an annual assessment from each member state to cover the cost of the ope…

(a) Any state is eligible to become a member state. (b) The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact into law by no less than ten (10) of the states. The effective date shall be no earlier than December 1, 2010. Thereafter it shall beco…

(a) Withdrawal. (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 t…

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 no…

As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly requires a different construction: (1) “Active duty” means full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the Space Force, the National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders pu…

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection b. of this section, this compact shall apply to the children of: (1) Active duty members of the uniformed services as defined in this chapter, including members of the National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders pursuant to 10 U…

(a) Unofficial or “hand-carried” education records. 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 e…

(a) Course placement. 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, educational assessments conducted at …

(a) Eligibility for enrollment: (1) Special power of attorney, relative to the guardianship of a child of a military family and executed under applicable law shall be sufficient for the purposes of enrollment and all other actions requiring parental participation and consent. (2)…

In order to facilitate the on-time graduation of children of military families states and local education agencies shall incorporate the following procedures: (1) Waiver requirements. Local education agency administrative officials shall waive specific courses required for gradua…

(a) 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 education agencies and military installations concerning the state’s participation in, and compliance wit…