Oregon Revised Statutes Chapter 326 § 326.552 — Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; rules

Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children; rules. The Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children is enacted into law and entered into on behalf of this state with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in the form substantially as follows: ______________________________________________________________________________ ARTICLE I 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: A. Facilitating 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 a previous school district or variations in entrance or age requirements. B. Facilitating the student placement process through which children of military families are not disadvantaged by variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing, grading, course content or assessment. C. Facilitating the qualification and eligibility for enrollment, educational programs and participation in extracurricular academic, athletic and social activities. D. Facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families. E. Providing for the promulgation and enforcement of administrative rules implementing the provisions of this compact. F. Providing for the uniform collection and sharing of information between and among member states, schools and military families under this compact. G. Promoting coordination between this compact and other compacts affecting military children. H. Promoting flexibility and cooperation between the educational system, parents and the student in order to achieve educational success for the student. ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS As used in this compact, unless the context clearly requires a different construction: A. “Active duty” means full-time duty status in the active uniformed service of the United States, including members of the National Guard or the military reserve forces who are on active duty orders pursuant to 10 U.S.C. chapters 1209 and 1211 and members described in 32 U.S.C. 502(f). B. “Children of military families” means a school-aged child, enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12, in the household of an active duty member. C. “Compact commissioner” means the voting representative of each compacting state appointed pursuant to Article VIII of this compact. D. “Deployment” means the period one month prior to the service members’ departure from their home station on military orders though six months after return to their home station. E. “Education records” means official records, files and data directly related to a student and maintained by the school or local education agency, including but not limited to records encompassing all the material kept in the student’s cumulative folder such as general identifying data, records of attendance and of academic work completed, records of achievement and results of evaluative tests, health data, disciplinary status, test protocols and individualized education programs. F. “Extracurricular activities” means a voluntary activity sponsored by the school, the local education agency or an organization sanctioned by the local education agency. Extracurricular activities include, but are not limited to, preparation for and involvement in public performance, contests, athletic competitions, demonstrations, displays and club activities. G. “Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children” means the commission that is created under Article IX of this compact, which is generally referred to as the Interstate Commission. H. “Local education agency” means a local school district. I. “Member state” means a state that has enacted this compact. J. “Military installation” means a base, camp, post, station, yard, center, home port facility for any ship or other activity under the jurisdiction of the Department of Defense, including any leased facility, which is located within any of the several states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas Islands and any other United States territory. The term does not include any facility used primarily for civil works, rivers and harbors projects or flood control projects. K. “Nonmember state” means a state that has not enacted this compact. L. “Receiving state” means the state to which a child of a military family is sent, brought or caused to be sent or brought. M. “Rule” means a written statement by the Interstate Commission promulgated pursuant to Article XII of this compact that is of general applicability, that implements, interprets or prescribes a policy or provision of this compact, or that is an organizational, procedural or practice requirement of the Intersta