| State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Enacts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, allowing children of military families to achieve educational success by facilitating smoother transfers between schools due to relocation of active duty soldiers with school-aged children in their household. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law10/law10100.htm
Title: H.B. 8010, S.B. 2738
Source: www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | In 2008, the Florida Legislature enacted the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. The purpose of the compact is to enable member states to uniformly address educational transition issues faced by military families. This bill repeals the automatic repeal provision in the original compact legislation and adds a new provision automatically repealing the compact legislation three years after the bill takes effect. http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0521er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0521&Session=2010
Title: H.B. 521
Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov
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| NM | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Enacts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children in New Mexico. The compact's purpose is to remove
barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of
their parents.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/HB0024.pdf
Title: H.B. 24
Source: http://nmlegis.gov
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Enacts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. Establishes the State Council on Military Children. Provides for the appointment of the state's representative on the Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. http://le.utah.gov/~2010/bills/hbillenr/hb0386.pdf
Title: H.B. 386
Source: le.utah.gov
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Adopts the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children; provide for transfer of school records.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2010/Bill.aspx?Bill=88
Title: S.B. 88
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Adds to existing law relating to education to provide educational opportunity for military children, to provide findings and purpose, to provide rulemaking authority and to provide for a responsible individual at the state level. Requests the state board to promulgate rules that are consistent with articles of the interstate compact of educational opportunity for military children. Chapter 54
http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2010/S1338.pdf
Title: S.B. 1338
Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Education to employ a military family education liaison to provide staff support for the state Council on the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children and to assist military families and the state in facilitating the implementation of the Interstate Compact; facilitates transfer of educational records and on-time graduation.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+ful+SB299ER+pdf
Title: S.B. 299
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| ND | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Provides for a legislative council study of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JAMP0300.pdf
Title: H.B. 1309
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Requires public school governing authorities to ensure that children in foster care are allowed to remain enrolled in the same public schools in which they were enrolled when entering foster care; provides that if the placement is outside the jurisdictional boundaries of the public school in which the child is enrolled, the governing authority of such school shall be responsible for providing free transportation for the child; enacts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=667640
Title: H.B. 590
Source: http://www.legis.state.la.us/
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Enacts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; relates to active duty status; relates to veterans, educational records, extracurricular activities and member states.
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_124th/billpdfs/HP092801.pdf
Title: H.B. 928
Source: http://www.mainelegislature.org/
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| AK | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | An Act relating to an interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children; amending Rules 4 and 24, Alaska Rules of Civil Procedure; and providing for an effective date. Provides for a Compact administrator, charged with cooperation with all departments, agencies and officers of and in the goverment of the state and its subdivisions. Provides for a subcommittee of the State Board of Education to serve as the state council under AS 14.34.010.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/PDF/26/Bills/HB0137Z.PDF
Title: H.B. 137
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Establishes, through an Interstate Compact with specified member states, the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children in elementary and secondary schools; provides for transfer of records.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/bills/hb/hb0306t.pdf
Title: H.B. 306; S.B. 257
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/
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| IN | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Enacts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; provides for coordination of efforts among state agencies and other states to facilitate the transfer of students of military families between schools, including the transfer of educational and other records; provides for the recognition of coursework to facilitate timely graduation of students of military families. Public Law 21
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2009/pdf/he/he1107.1.pdf
Title: H.B. 1107
Source: http://www.in.gov/legislative/
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| IA | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Establishes the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children; establishes a council on educational opportunity for military children to provide advice and recommendations regarding this state's participation in and compliance with the interstate compact; directs the governor to appoint a military family education liaison to assist military families and the state in facilitating the implementation of the compact.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=BillInfo&Service=Billbook&ga=83&menu=text&hbill=HF214
Title: H.B. 214
Source: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Relates to interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; enact.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2009/pdf/SB/2600-2699/SB2669SG.pdf
Title: S.B. 2669
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Establishes a compact to remove barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HB1727ER
Title: H.B. 1727
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| NC | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12 | Enacts the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; removes barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents.
Title: S.B. 1541
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Relates to educational opportunity for military children; directs the Governor to execute the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; provides requirements relating to student records and enrollment, placement and attendance, and eligibility for graduation; creates an interstate commission and specifies powers and duties; requires the Secretary of State to furnish the enrolled act to member states approving compacts.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h1203er.xml&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=1203&Session=2008
Title: H.B. 1203
Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/default.aspx
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| SC | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Provides that a student whose parent or legal guardian has been called to active duty more than a specified number of miles outside of his residence is eligible to attend the public schools of that school district; authorizes nonresident military personnel to enroll in programs designed to award a State high school diploma.
Act 323
http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess117_2007-2008/bills/4320.doc
Title: H.B. 4320
Source: http://www.scstatehouse.net
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| MI | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Establishes interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children; provides for the facilitation of 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 or variations in entrance and age requirements, scheduling, sequencing, grading, course content or assessment.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/publicact/pdf/2008-PA-0215.pdf
Title: H.B. 5963
Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Creates the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children to remove barriers to educational success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents; facilitates on-time graduation, timely enrollment, student placement, and transfer of education records of children of military families.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/BAB68718C7F52EF2872573AA007AC55E?open&file=1317_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1317
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us
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| GA | Vetoed 05/2008 | P-12 | Adds Georgia as a member of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. Includes provisions related to unofficial and official records and transcripts, immunizations, kindergarten and first grade entrance age, course placement and placement in special services such as gifted and talented and special education, absences related to deployment activities, high school graduation requirements and exit exams, and transfers during the student's senior year.
Provides for state coordination, the creation of the Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children by member states, and the interstate commission's powers and duties, organization and operation, rulemaking functions, oversight, enforcement and dispute resolution, and financing.
http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/pdf/sb345.pdf
Title: S.B. 345
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| KY | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Removes barriers for educational success imposed on children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment; specifies course placement, timely enrollment and attendance requirements; determines eligibility requirements; facilitates on- time graduation; facilitates state coordination; establishes the Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children to provide oversight; provides oversight, enforcement and dispute resolution mechanisms. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/record/08RS/SB68/bill.doc
Title: S.B. 68
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Enacts the interstate compact on educational opportunity for military children. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2008/2714.pdf
Title: H.B. 2714
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2008 | P-12 | Establishes a Task Force on Educational Issues Affecting Military Children; provides that the task force shall examine educational issues affecting military children, including efforts to ease the transition of military children to state schools, the timely receipt of paperwork necessary for local school systems to facilitate transfers of such children, the effect of graduation requirements, and the feasibility of the state joining the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunities for Military Children.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/bills/hb/hb0784t.pdf
Title: H.B. 784; S.B. 457
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Amends certain provisions of the Public School Choice Act of 1989; provides that any student who accepts a school choice transfer may return to his or her resident district during the course of the school year; provides that if the transferred student returns to his or her resident district during the school year, the student's transfer is voided and the student shall reapply for any future transfer. (Act No. 552)
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2007/public/HB2251.pdf
Title: H.B. 2251
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Ensures the continuity of educational services to foster children. Prohibits the grades of a child in foster care from being lowered for school absences resulting from a change in the child's school enrollment, the child's attendance at a dependency-neglect court proceeding, or the child's attendance at court-ordered counseling or treatment. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB1710.pdf
Title: H.B. 1710
Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Requires the State Board of Education to pursue reciprocity agreements with other states regarding the terms of transfer of student dependents of military personnel to or from the public schools of this State; requires reciprocity agreements to include procedures for the transfer of student records and the awarding of credit for completed coursework; allows a student to satisfy State graduation requirements with credits from comparable completed coursework.
Title: H.B. 240
Source: StateNet
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Directs the Department of Education to assist in the transition of dependents of military personnel into the public school system; requires a report. http://www.flsenate.gov/session/index.cfm?Mode=Bills&SubMenu=1&BI_Mode=ViewBillInfo&BillNum=2802&Year=2003&Chamber=Senate#BillText
Title: S.B. 2802
Source: Florida Legislative Web site
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