SB681,4,2120 (e) Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of administrative rules
21implementing the provisions of this compact.
SB681,4,2422 (f) Providing for the uniform collection and sharing of information between and
23among member states, local education agencies, and military families under this
24compact.
SB681,5,2
1(g) Promoting coordination between this compact and other compacts affecting
2military children.
SB681,5,43 (h) Promoting flexibility and cooperation between the educational system,
4parents, and students in order to achieve educational success for the students.
SB681,5,6 5(2) Article II — Definitions. As used in this compact, unless the context
6clearly requires a different construction:
SB681,5,97 (a) "Active duty" means full-time active duty status in a uniformed service of
8the United States, including members of the National Guard and Reserve on active
9duty orders pursuant to 10 USC 1209 and 1211.
SB681,5,1210 (b) "Child of a military family" means a school-aged child who is enrolled in any
11of the grades from kindergarten to 12 and who resides in the household of a person
12on active duty.
SB681,5,1413 (c) "Compact commissioner" means the voting representative of each
14compacting state appointed pursuant to sub. (8) of this compact.
SB681,5,1715 (d) "Deployment" means the period one month prior to a service members'
16departure from his or her home station on military orders though 6 months after
17return to his or her home station.
SB681,5,2318 (e) "Education records" means those records, files, and data directly related to
19a student and maintained by the local education agency, including records
20encompassing all the material kept in the student's cumulative folder such as
21general identifying data, records of attendance and of academic work completed,
22records of achievement and results of evaluative tests, health data, disciplinary
23status, test protocols, and individualized education programs.
SB681,6,324 (f) "Extracurricular activity" means a voluntary activity sponsored by a local
25education agency or an organization sanctioned by the local education agency.

1Extracurricular activity includes preparation for and involvement in public
2performances, contests, athletic competitions, demonstrations, displays, and club
3activities.
SB681,6,54 (g) "Interstate commission" means the Interstate Commission on Educational
5Opportunity for Military Children created under sub. (9) of this compact.
SB681,6,76 (h) "Local education agency" means a school district or the operator of a charter
7school under s. 118.40 (2r).
SB681,6,88 (i) "Member state" means a state that has enacted this compact.
SB681,6,159 (j) "Military installation" means a base, camp, post, station, yard, center,
10homeport facility for any ship, or other activity under the jurisdiction of the U.S.
11department of defense, including any leased facility, which is located within any of
12the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
13U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas Islands, and
14any other U.S. Territory. "Military installation" does not include any facility used
15primarily for civil works, rivers and harbors projects, or flood control projects.
SB681,6,1616 (k) "Nonmember state" means a state that has not enacted this compact.
SB681,6,1817 (L) "Receiving state" means the state to which a child of a military family is
18sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought.
SB681,6,2219 (m) "Rule" means a written statement by the interstate commission
20promulgated pursuant to sub. (12) that is of general applicability and that
21implements, interprets, or prescribes a policy or provision of the compact, or an
22organizational, procedural, or practice requirement of the interstate commission.
SB681,6,2423 (n) "Sending state" means the state from which a child of a military family is
24sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought.
SB681,7,3
1(o) "State" means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, the
2Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the
3Northern Marianas Islands, and any other U.S. Territory.
SB681,7,64 (p) "Student" means a child of a military family for whom the local education
5agency receives public funding and who is formally enrolled in any of the grades from
6kindergarten to 12.
SB681,7,77 (q) "Transition" means all of the following:
SB681,7,98 1. The formal and physical process of transferring from local education agency
9to local education agency.
SB681,7,1110 2. The period of time in which a student moves from one local education agency
11in a sending state to another local education agency in a receiving state.
SB681,7,1412 (r) "Uniformed service" means the army, navy, air force, marine corps, coast
13guard, the commissioned corps of the national oceanic and atmospheric
14administration, and the commissioned corps of the public health services.
SB681,7,1615 (s) "Veteran" means a person who served in a uniformed service and was
16discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.
SB681,7,18 17(3) Article III — Applicability. (a) Except as provided in pars. (b) and (c), this
18interstate compact applies to a child of any of the following:
SB681,7,2019 1. An active duty member of the uniformed service, including a member of the
20national guard and reserve on active duty orders pursuant to 10 USC 1209 and 1211.
SB681,7,2321 2. A member or veteran of the uniformed service who is severely injured and
22medically discharged or retired for a period of one year after medical discharge or
23retirement.
SB681,7,2524 3. A member of the uniformed service who dies on active duty or as a result of
25injuries sustained on active duty for a period of one year after death.
SB681,8,2
1(b) The provisions of this interstate compact apply only to local education
2agencies.
SB681,8,33 (c) The provisions of this compact do not apply to a child of any of the following:
SB681,8,44 1. An inactive member of the national guard and military reserves.
SB681,8,55 2. Except as provided in par. (a), a retired member of the uniformed services.
SB681,8,66 3. Except as provided in par. (a), a veteran of the uniformed services.
SB681,8,97 4. Other U.S. department of defense personnel, or of a civilian or contract
8employee of any other federal agency, who is not an active duty member of a
9uniformed service.
SB681,8,18 10(4) Article IV — Educational records and enrollment. (a) Unofficial or
11hand-carried pupil records
. If official education records cannot be released to the
12parents for the purpose of transfer, the custodian of the education records in the
13sending state shall prepare and furnish to the parent a complete set of unofficial
14education records containing uniform information as determined by the interstate
15commission. The local education agency in the receiving state shall enroll and
16appropriately place the student as quickly as possible, based on the information
17provided in the unofficial education records, if provided, pending validation by the
18official education records.
SB681,8,2519 (b) Education records and transcripts. Simultaneous with the enrollment and
20conditional placement of the student, the local education agency in the receiving
21state shall request the student's official education records from the local education
22agency in the sending state. Upon receipt of this request, the local education agency
23in the sending state shall process and furnish the official education records to the
24local education agency in the receiving state within 10 days or within such time as
25is reasonably determined under the rules promulgated by the interstate commission.
SB681,9,6
1(c) Immunizations. A member state shall give 30 days from the date of
2enrollment, or within such time as is reasonably determined under the rules
3promulgated by the interstate commission, for a student to obtain any immunization
4required by the receiving state. For a series of immunizations, initial vaccinations
5must be obtained within 30 days or within such time as is reasonably determined
6under the rules promulgated by the interstate commission.
SB681,9,167 (d) Kindergarten and first grade entrance age. A student shall be allowed to
8continue his or her enrollment at the grade level in the receiving state commensurate
9with his or her grade level, including kindergarten, from a local education agency in
10the sending state at the time of transition, regardless of age. A student who has
11satisfactorily completed the prerequisite grade level in the local education agency in
12the sending state shall be eligible for enrollment in the next highest grade level in
13the receiving state, regardless of age. A student transferring after the start of the
14school year in the receiving state shall enter the local education agency in the
15receiving state on his or her validated level from a local education agency in the
16sending state.
SB681,9,25 17(5) Article V — Placement and attendance. (a) Course placement. When a
18student transfers before or during the school year, the local education agency in the
19receiving state shall initially honor placement of the student in educational courses
20based on the student's enrollment in the local education agency in the sending state
21or educational assessments conducted at the local education agency in the sending
22state if the courses are offered. Course placement includes honors, international
23baccalaureate, advanced placement, vocational, technical, and career pathways
24courses. Continuing the student's academic program from the previous local
25education agency and promoting placement in academically and career challenging

1courses should be paramount when considering placement. This does not preclude
2the local education agency in the receiving state from performing subsequent
3evaluations to ensure appropriate placement and continued enrollment of the
4student in a course.
SB681,10,125 (b) Educational program placement. The local education agency in the
6receiving state shall initially honor placement of the student in educational
7programs, including gifted and talented programs and English as a second language
8programs, based on current educational assessments conducted at the local
9education agency in the sending state or participation or placement in like programs
10in the local education agency in the sending state. This paragraph does not preclude
11the local education agency in the receiving state from performing subsequent
12evaluations to ensure appropriate placement of the student.
SB681,10,1613 (c) Special education services. 1. In compliance with the requirements of 20
14USC 1400
to 1482, the local education agency in the receiving state shall initially
15provide comparable services to a student with disabilities based on his or her current
16individualized education program.
SB681,10,23172. In compliance with the requirements of 29 USC 794 and with 42 USC 12131
18to 12165, the local education agency in the receiving state shall make reasonable
19accommodations and modifications to address the needs of incoming students with
20disabilities, subject to an existing plan prepared under 29 USC 794 or 42 USC 12131
21to 12165, to provide the student with equal access to education. This does not
22preclude the local education agency in the receiving state from performing
23subsequent evaluations to ensure appropriate placement of the student.
SB681,11,224 (d) Placement flexibility. Local education agency administrative officials shall
25have flexibility in waiving course or program prerequisites or other preconditions for

1placement in a course or program offered under the jurisdiction of the local education
2agency.
SB681,11,93 (e) Absence as related to deployment activities. Each local education agency
4shall adopt a policy relating to excusing a child of a military family who moved to the
5local education agency from another state from school attendance in order to visit his
6or her parent or guardian who is on active duty and has been called to duty for or is
7on leave from deployment to a combat zone or combat support posting, or has
8returned from deployment to a combat zone or combat support posting within the
9past 30 days.
SB681,11,13 10(6) Article VI — Eligibility. (a) Eligibility for enrollment. 1. A local education
11agency is prohibited from charging tuition to a child of a military family placed in the
12care of a noncustodial parent or other person standing in the place of a parent who
13lives in a jurisdiction other than that of the custodial parent.
SB681,11,1714 2. A child of a military family who has been placed in the care of a noncustodial
15parent or other person standing in the place of a parent who lives in a jurisdiction
16other than that of the custodial parent may continue to attend the school in which
17he or she was enrolled while residing with the custodial parent.
SB681,11,2118 (b) Eligibility for extracurricular participation. Local education agencies shall
19facilitate the opportunity for a child of a military family to be included in
20extracurricular activities, regardless of application deadlines, to the extent he or she
21is otherwise qualified.
SB681,11,24 22(7) Article VII — Graduation. In order to facilitate the on-time graduation
23of a child of a military family, local education agencies shall incorporate the following
24procedures:
SB681,12,7
1(a) Waiver requirements. Local education agency administrative officials shall
2waive specific courses required for graduation if similar course work has been
3satisfactorily completed in another local education agency or shall provide
4reasonable justification for denial. Should a waiver not be granted to a student who
5would qualify to graduate from the local education agency in the sending state, the
6local education agency in the receiving state shall provide an alternative means of
7acquiring required course work so that graduation may occur on time.
SB681,12,118 (b) Exit exams. Except as provided in par. (c), a local education agency in a
9member state shall accept all of the following examinations or tests administered to
10the child of a military family in lieu of testing requirements for graduation from the
11local education agency:
SB681,12,1212 1. Exit or end-of-course exams required for graduation from the sending state.
SB681,12,1313 2. National norm-referenced achievement tests.
SB681,12,1514 3. Alternative testing acceptable to the local education agency in the receiving
15state.
SB681,13,216 (c) Transfers during senior year. If a child of a military family transfers at the
17beginning of or during the child's high school senior year, and the local education
18agency in the receiving state has considered the examinations and tests under par.
19(b) and determined, after all alternatives have been considered, that the child would
20be ineligible to graduate, the local education agency of the sending state, with the
21cooperation of the local educational agency of the receiving state, shall ensure the
22receipt of a diploma from the local education agency of the sending state if the
23student meets the graduation requirements of the local education agency of the
24sending state. If one of the states in question is a nonmember state, the local

1education agency in the member state shall use best efforts to facilitate the on-time
2graduation of the student in accordance with pars. (a) and (b).
SB681,13,9 3(8) Article VIII — State coordination. (a) Each member state shall, through
4the creation of a state council or use of an existing body or board, provide for the
5coordination among its agencies of government, local education agencies, and
6military installations concerning the state's participation in, and compliance with,
7this compact and interstate commission activities. While each member state may
8determine the membership of its own state council, its membership shall include all
9of the following:
SB681,13,1010 1. The state superintendent of education.
SB681,13,1511 2. The superintendent of a school district with a high concentration of children
12of military families. A member state that does not have a school district deemed to
13contain a high concentration of children of military families may appoint a
14superintendent from another school district to represent local education agencies on
15the state council.
SB681,13,1616 3. A representative from a military installation.
SB681,13,1717 4. One representative from the legislative branch of government.
SB681,13,1818 5. One representative from the executive branch of government.
SB681,13,2019 6. Representatives from other offices and stakeholder groups the state council
20deems appropriate.
SB681,13,2421 (b) The state council established or existing body or board designated by each
22member state under par. (a) shall appoint or designate a military family education
23liaison to assist children of military families and the state in facilitating the
24implementation of this compact.
SB681,14,3
1(c) A compact commissioner responsible for the administration and
2management of the state's participation in the compact shall be appointed by the
3governor or as otherwise determined by each member state.
SB681,14,74 (d) The compact commissioner appointed under par. (c) and the military family
5education liaison appointed or designated under par. (b) shall serve on the state
6council as nonvoting members of the state council, unless either is already a full
7voting member of the state council.
SB681,14,11 8(9) Article IX — Interstate commission on educational opportunity for
9military children
. The member states hereby create the interstate commission. The
10activities of the interstate commission are the formation of public policy and are a
11discretionary state function. All of the following apply to the interstate commission:
SB681,14,1612 (a) The interstate commission shall be a body corporate and joint agency of the
13member states and shall have all the responsibilities, powers, and duties set forth
14in this compact, and such additional powers conferred upon it by a subsequent
15concurrent action of the respective legislatures of the member states in accordance
16with the terms of this compact.
SB681,14,1917 (b) The interstate commission shall consist of one interstate commission voting
18representative from each member state who shall be that state's compact
19commissioner. The following apply to meetings of the interstate commission:
SB681,14,2020 1. Each member state represented at a meeting is entitled to one vote.
SB681,14,2321 2. A majority of the member states shall constitute a quorum for the transaction
22of business, unless a larger number is required by the bylaws of the interstate
23commission.
SB681,15,224 3. A representative shall not delegate a vote to another member state. If a
25compact commissioner of a state is unable to attend a meeting of the interstate

1commission, the governor or state council of that state may delegate voting authority
2to another person from that state for a specified meeting.
SB681,15,43 4. The bylaws may provide for meetings of the interstate commission to be
4conducted by telecommunication or electronic communication.
SB681,15,115 (c) The interstate commission shall include nonvoting members who are
6members of interested organizations. Such nonvoting members, as defined in the
7bylaws, may include members of the representative organizations of military family
8advocates, local education agency officials, parent and teacher groups, the U.S.
9department of defense, the Education Commission of the States, the Interstate
10Agreement on the Qualification of Educational Personnel, and other interstate
11compacts affecting the education of children of military families.
SB681,15,1412 (d) The interstate commission shall meet at least once each calendar year. The
13chairperson may call additional meetings and, upon the request of a simple majority
14of the member states, shall call additional meetings.
SB681,16,215 (e) The interstate commission shall establish an executive committee, whose
16members shall include the officers of the interstate commission and such other
17members of the interstate commission as determined by the bylaws. Members of the
18executive committee shall serve one-year terms. Members of the executive
19committee shall be entitled to one vote each. The executive committee shall have the
20power to act on behalf of the interstate commission, with the exception of rule
21making, during periods when the interstate commission is not in session. The
22executive committee shall oversee the day-to-day activities of the administration of
23the compact, including enforcement and compliance with the provisions of the
24compact, its bylaws and rules, and other such duties as deemed necessary. The U.S.

1department of defense shall serve as a nonvoting member of the executive
2committee.
SB681,16,83 (f) The interstate commission shall establish bylaws and rules that provide for
4conditions and procedures under which the interstate commission shall make its
5information and official records available to the public for inspection or copying. The
6interstate commission may exempt from disclosure information or official records to
7the extent they would adversely affect personal privacy rights or proprietary
8interests.
SB681,16,149 (g) The interstate commission shall give public notice of all meetings and all
10meetings shall be open to the public, except as set forth in the rules or as otherwise
11provided in the compact. The interstate commission and any committee of the
12commission may close a meeting or portion of a meeting if the commission or
13committee determines by a two-thirds vote that an open meeting would likely do any
14of the following:
SB681,16,1615 1. Relate solely to the interstate commission's internal personnel practices and
16procedures.
SB681,16,1817 2. Disclose matters specifically exempted from disclosure by federal and state
18statute.
SB681,16,2019 3. Disclose trade secrets or commercial or financial information that is
20privileged or confidential.
SB681,16,2121 4. Involve accusing a person of a crime, or formally censuring a person.
SB681,16,2322 5. Disclose information of a personal nature where disclosure would constitute
23a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
SB681,16,2424 6. Disclose investigative records compiled for law enforcement purposes.
SB681,17,2
17. Specifically relate to the interstate commission's participation in a civil
2action or other legal proceeding.
SB681,17,123 (h) For a meeting or portion of a meeting closed under par. (g), the interstate
4commission shall cause its legal counsel or designee to certify that the meeting may
5be closed and to reference each relevant exemptible provision. The interstate
6commission shall keep minutes, which shall fully and clearly describe all matters
7discussed in a meeting, and shall provide a full and accurate summary of actions
8taken, and the reasons for taking the actions, including a description of the views
9expressed and the record of a roll call vote. All documents considered in connection
10with an action shall be identified in such minutes. All minutes and documents of a
11closed meeting shall remain under seal, subject to release by a majority vote of the
12interstate commission.
SB681,17,2013 (i) The interstate commission shall collect standardized data concerning the
14educational transition of children of military families under this compact as directed
15through its rules, which shall specify the data to be collected, the means of collection
16and data exchange, and reporting requirements. The interstate commission shall
17ensure, in so far as is reasonably possible, that the methods of data collection,
18exchange, and reporting conform to current technology and that its information
19functions are coordinated with the appropriate custodian of records as identified in
20the bylaws and rules.
SB681,18,221 (j) The interstate commission shall create a process that permits military
22officials, education officials, and parents to inform the interstate commission if and
23when there are alleged violations of the compact or its rules or when issues subject
24to the jurisdiction of the compact or its rules are not addressed by the state or local
25education agency. This paragraph shall not be construed to create a private right of

1action against the interstate commission, any member state, or any local education
2agency.
SB681,18,4 3(10) Article X — Powers and duties of the interstate commission. The
4interstate commission may do any of the following:
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