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From the ECS State Policy Database
Special Populations--Military


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This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format.

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State Status/Date Level Summary
CASigned into law 09/2012P-12Licensure Renewal Requirements for Active Duty Military
A.B. 1588
From bill summary: Requires state professional licensing boards, with certain exceptions, to waive the renewal fees, continuing education re...

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CASigned into law 09/2012P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children - Task Force and State Council
A.B. 2202
From bill summary: Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to convene the State Council required by the Interstate Compact on Ed...

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NCSigned into law 07/2012P-12Licensure for Military Personnel and Spouses
H.B. 799
Permits military-trained applicants who have been awarded a military occupational specialty and military-spouse applicants who are licensed ...

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HISigned into law 07/2012P-12Military Training and Professional Licensure
H.B. 2258
Requires professional and vocational licensing boards to consider relevant military education, training, and service as part of the evaluati...

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ILSigned into law 06/2012P-12Educator Licensure for Service Member or Spouse
S.B. 275
Authorizes issuance of expedited temporary occupational or professional license to a service member or spouse of a service member who holds ...

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LASigned into law 06/2012P-12Eligibility of Students from Military Families to Participate in Interscholastic Athletic Activities
H.B. 631
Prohibits an otherwise eligible student from being determined ineligible for participation in an extracurricular interscholastic athletic ac...

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MASigned into law 05/2012P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
S.B. 2254
Provides definitions of military terms and provides that this legislation applies to active duty members of the uniformed services, members ...

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NVIssued 05/2012P-12Providing Reciprocity for Military Spouses Seeking Licensure in this State
Executive Order# 2012-11
Every professional licensing board organized pursuant to the Nevada Revised Statues is ordered to:
Facilitate endorsement of a current licen...

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AKSigned into law 04/2012Postsec.Military Training/Postsecondary Credit
H.B. 282
Directs the department or applicable board to accept military education, training, and service credit for some or all of the qualifications ...

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FLSigned into law 04/2012P-12
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Veterans
S.B. 922
Establishes August 7th of each year as "Purple Heart Day," and encourages schools to commemorate Purple Heart Day and honor those wounded or...

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GASigned into law 04/2012P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
S.B. 227
Adopts the "Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children." Provides for the purpose and policy of the compact. Provid...

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MSSigned into law 04/2012P-12Academic Credit for National Guard Basic Training Camp
H.B. 784
Authorizes school boards to allow course credit to high school students who are also members of the national guard, and who complete basic t...

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NJSigned into law 04/2012Postsec.Teacher Certification of Veterans
S 1026
Establishes a four-year "VETeach Pilot Program" pilot to facilitate the teacher certification of veterans.

Provides that Richard Stockton C...

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VASigned into law 04/2012Postsec.Military Training; Accept as Equivalent to Requirements for Licensures
H.B. 938
Except for the Board of Medicine and the Board of Dentistry, requires the regulatory boards within the Department of Professional and Occupa...

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WVSigned into law 03/2012P-12High School Diplomas for Certain Veterans
H.B. 4433
Modifying the criteria for awarding high school diplomas to certain veterans. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdo...

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WYSigned into law 03/2012P-12Interstate Compact on Students of Military Families
S.F. 78
Provides for an interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children. Facilitates enrollment and placement of children of mil...

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VASigned into law 02/2012P-12Public School Enrollment; Military Children
H.B. 640/S.B. 190
Clarifies language relating to enrollment of students pursuant to a special power of attorney to correspond to language in the Interstate Co...

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PASigned into law 02/2012P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
S.B. 159
Authorizes the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to join the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; provides for th...

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NYIssued 11/2011Postsec.Continuing the New York State Council on Returning Veterans and Their Families
Executive Order 34
Continues the New York State Council on Returning Veterans and Their Families, and expands the membership and mission. Expansion of membersh...

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CASigned into law 10/2011P-12
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California Cadet Corps
S.B. 537
From bill summary: Authorizes the organization of a California Cadet Corps (http://www.cadet.org/cadet/site/default.asp) at each college, co...

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CASigned into law 10/2011P-12Excused Absence and Military Deployment
A.B. 387
From bill summary: Includes spending time with an immediate family member who is an active duty member of the uniformed services and has bee...

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ILSigned into law 08/2011P-12Children of Active Dury Parents
H.B. 2870
Provides that at the time of annual enrollment or at any time during the school year, a school district or a recognized non-public school se...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Funding for Texas ChalleNGe Academy
H.B. 2247
From bill analysis: Establishes the eligibility of the adjutant general's department to receive Foundation School Program funding for studen...

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HISigned into law 06/2011P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 4
Makes permanent the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children. Deletes the definition of ''test period". Deletes p...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011P-12Behavioral Health Services for Military
S.B. 597
Requires school districts to report annually to the State Board of Education (SBE) on the number of children with immediate family members i...

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NESigned into law 05/2011P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
L.B. 575
Adopts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Sli...

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CTSigned into law 05/2011P-12Diplomas to Veterans of WWI or the Korean War
H.B. 6319
Allows a local or regional board of education to award a diploma to a veteran of World War II or the Korean hostilities, who left high schoo...

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VTSigned into law 05/2011P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 38
Adopts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. ...

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MDSigned into law 05/2011P-12Teacher Certification & Tenure/Employment for Military Spouses
H.B. 998
Requires the state Department of Education to develop a specified form relating to teacher certification and tenure and to post the form on ...

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NDSigned into law 05/2011P-12Compact on educational opportunity for military children
H.B. 1248
Enacts the Compact on educational opportunity for military children to help with timely enrollment, accurate placement, facilitate on-time g...

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MESigned into law 04/2011P-12Vietnam Veterans Awarded High School Diplomas
H.P. 96
Provides that eligible Vietnam veterans may be awarded high school diplomas; Veterans of World War II and the Korean Conflict already includ...

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KYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Certification for Active Duty Military Personnel and Their Spouses
H.B. 301
Specifies that any active duty military personnel must be kept in good standing by the administrative body with which he/she is licensed or ...

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VASigned into law 03/2011P-12
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Community College
Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 1976
Adds a fifth citizen member to the Virginia Council on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children and specifies...

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NMSigned into law 03/2011P-12School Enrollment for Children of Military Personnel
H.B. 14
Allows priority school enrollment within the attendance area to students whose parents are active duty military personnel in New Mexico.
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NYVetoed 08/2010P-12
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State Interagency Coordinating Council for Service-Disabled Veterans
A.B. 8296A/S.B. 7112
Establishes the New York state interagency coordinating council for service-disabled veterans. Identifies council members, including the com...

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NCSigned into law 07/2010P-12Enrollment of Child under 5 Who Is Child of Military Personnel
S.B. 1246 - Enrollment of Child under 5 Who Is Child of Military Personnel
Permits public school entry of child who does not turn 5 by August 31 of the school year but whose parent is an active duty member of U.S. a...

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TNSigned into law 07/2010P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 1911
Makes Tennessee a member state to, the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. The stated purpose of the compac...

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RISigned into law 06/2010P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 8010, S.B. 2738
Enacts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, allowing children of military families to achieve educationa...

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SCSigned into law 06/2010P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
S.B. 319
Establishes South Carolina as a member of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, which seeks to remove bar...

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WISigned into law 05/2010P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
S.B. 681
Relates to adopting the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children and making an appropriation.
http://www.legis.st...

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FLSigned into law 05/2010P-12Extends date of Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 521
In 2008, the Florida Legislature enacted the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. The purpose of the compact...

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NMSigned into law 05/2010P-12Educational Opportunity for Military Children - Interstate Compact
H.B. 24
Enacts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children in New Mexico. The compact's purpose is to remove
barriers to...

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MDSigned into law 04/2010P-12Release of Student Information to Military Recruiters
H.B. 176
Requires any public school that administers the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) to choose the score reporting "Option 8,"...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 386
Enacts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. Establishes the State Council on Military Children. Provides...

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SDSigned into law 03/2010P-12Military Student Mobility
S.B. 88
Adopts the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children; provide for transfer of school records.
http://legis.state.s...

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IDSigned into law 03/2010P-12Education of Military Children
S.B. 1338
Adds to existing law relating to education to provide educational opportunity for military children, to provide findings and purpose, to pro...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12Council on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
S.B. 299
Requires the Department of Education to employ a military family education liaison to provide staff support for the state Council on the Int...

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OHSigned into law 12/2009P-12Junior ROTC
H.B. 290 - Junior ROTC
Includes Junior ROTC as a permitted elective within the state's core curriculum for high school graduation. Permits schools to excuse Junior...

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CASigned into law 10/2009P-12Military Uniforms at High School Graduations
A.B. 1463
Provides that a pupil who has fulfilled the requirements to receive a diploma of graduation from a high school, is otherwise eligible to par...

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CASigned into law 10/2009P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
A.B. 343
Ratifies the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children to facilitate the enrollment, placement, advancement and tr...

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NDSigned into law 08/2009P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 1309
Provides for a legislative council study of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
http://www.legis.nd.go...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12Interstate Military Compact and Related Provisions
H.B. 1 - Section 3301.60, 3301.61, 3301.62, 3301.63 and 3301.64
Partially derived from the DOE summary of H.B. 1: Ratifies the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. Establis...

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HISigned into law 06/2009P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
S.B. 1164
Enacts the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children to remove barriers to educational attainment faced by childre...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12Changes to Funding Formula
H.B. 3646 - Sections 49-51 and 53-55
Section 49: Creates new section 42.008. Caps any funding increase that might occur to $350 per student.
Section 50: Amends basic allotment f...

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NVSigned into law 06/2009P-12Education of Military Children
S.B. 303
Enacts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. Chapter 463
http://leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/SB/SB303_E...

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ALSigned into law 05/2009P-12Interstate Military Compact
H.B. 438
Adds Alabama to the Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, an interstate compact to address the education t...

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AKSigned into law 05/2009P-12Education of Military Children
H.B. 137
An Act relating to an interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children; amending Rules 4 and 24, Alaska Rules of Civil Pr...

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AKSigned into law 05/2009P-12Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 137
Relates to an Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children to facilitate the timely enrollment of children of militar...

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GASigned into law 05/2009P-12Military Students
S.B. 114
Provides for the transfer of students who are military dependents into a local school system. Provides that students must be placed in grade...

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INSigned into law 04/2009P-12Education of Military Children
H.B. 1107
Enacts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; provides for coordination of efforts among state agencies an...

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UTSigned into law 03/2009P-12Education Policies for Military Children
H.B. 194
Adds 53A-11-1401 through -1404, collectively known as Education Policies for Military Children. Provides definitions. Allows for certain exc...

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IASigned into law 03/2009P-12Military Children
H.B. 214
Establishes the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children; establishes a council on educational opportunity for mi...

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KYSigned into law 03/2009P-12Children of Civilian Military Employees
S.B. 39
Relates to students of civilian military employees; provides students of civilian military employees the same rights as students of military...

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ARSigned into law 03/2009P-12Educational Sucess for Military Children
H.B. 1400
Removes barriers to educational success for military children.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/HB1400.pdf...

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CASigned into law 09/2008P-12Military children
A.B. 2049
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to convene and support a task force to review and make recommendations regarding the Inter...

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DESigned into law 06/2008P-12Compact on Education for Children of Military Families
H.B. 297
Provides an interstate compact to ensure standards for educational records for children of military families.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/...

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FLSigned into law 06/2008P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 1203
Relates to educational opportunity for military children; directs the Governor to execute the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity ...

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LASigned into law 06/2008P-12Absences for Children of Active-Duty Parents
H.B. 200
Provides that a child whose parent is a member of the U.S. Armed Forces or the National Guard and such parent has been called to duty for or...

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MISigned into law 06/2008P-12Education Compact for Military Children
H.B. 5963
Establishes interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children; provides for the facilitation of the timely enrollment of c...

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COSigned into law 05/2008P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 1317
Creates the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children to remove barriers to educational success imposed on childre...

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GAVetoed 05/2008P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
S.B. 345
Adds Georgia as a member of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. Includes provisions related to unoffici...

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AZSigned into law 04/2008P-12Military education
S.B. 1334
Concerns the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; facilitates removal of barriers to educational success imp...

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KYSigned into law 04/2008P-12Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
S.B. 68
Removes barriers for educational success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment; specifies course...

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KSSigned into law 04/2008P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 2714
Enacts the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2008/2714.pdf...

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MDSigned into law 04/2008P-12Education of Military Children
H.B. 784; S.B. 457
Establishes a Task Force on Educational Issues Affecting Military Children; provides that the task force shall examine educational issues af...

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WASigned into law 03/2008P-12High School Diplomas for Veterans
H.B. 1283
Adds that school districts may issue high school diplomas to veterans of military service in Vietnam and deletes the requirement for veteran...

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WASigned into law 03/2008P-12Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
S.B. 6426
The office of the superintendent of public instruction (OSPI) is directed to convene and support a task force to review and make recommendat...

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WVSigned into law 03/2008P-12West Virginia Remembers Program
H.B. 2967
Creates the West Virginia remembers program to provide a forum for public school children to learn about "military service, patriotism and c...

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MTSigned into law 04/2007P-12Montana National Guard Youth Challenge Program
S.B. 295
Statutorily provides for the Montana National Guard Youth Program.
http://data.opi.mt.gov/...

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LAAdopted 02/2007P-12Certification of ROTC Instructors
LAC 28:CXXXI.408
Allows the issuance of an ancillary ROTC certificate to an individual who has retired from the active duty in the military or who has been o...

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VASigned into law 02/2007P-12
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Military Students Public School Tuition Waiver
H.B. 2092
Eliminates the requirement that a student must have been attending a public school in Virginia while residing with a custodial parent prior ...

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KYSigned into law 04/2004P-12Official Kentucky Military School
S.J.R. 83
Designates Millersburg Military Institute as the official Kentucky military school. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/RECORD/04RS/SJ83/bill.doc...

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IASigned into law 04/2004P-12Military Basic Training Completion Credit
H.F. 2241
Authorizes school districts and nonpublic schools to apply credit toward graduation under the state education program for successful complet...

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