SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY CHILDREN.

SEC. 539. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE INTERSTATE COMPACT ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY CHILDREN. It is the sense of Congress to—(1) express strong support and commendation for all the States that have successfully enacted the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children;(2) express its strong support and encourage all remaining States to enact the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children;(3) recognize the importance of the components of the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, including—(A) the transfer of educational records to expedite the proper enrollment and placement of students;(B) the ability of students to continue their enrollment at a grade level in the receiving State commensurate with their grade level from the sending State;123 STAT. 2296(C) priority for attendance to children of members of the Armed Forces assuming the school district accepts transfer students;(D) the ability of students to continue their course placement, including but not limited to Honors, International Baccalaureate, Advanced Placement, vocational, technical, and career pathways courses;(E) the recalculation of grades to consider the weights offered by a receiving school for the same performance in the same course when a student transfers from one grading system to another system (for example, number-based system to letter-based system);(F) the waiver of specific courses required for graduation if similar course work has been satisfactorily completed in another local education agency or the provision of an alternative means of acquiring required coursework so that graduation may occur on time; and(G) the recognition of an appointed guardian as a custodial parent while the child’s parent or parents are deployed; and(4) express strong support for States to develop a State Council to provide for the coordination among their agencies of government, local education agencies, and military installations concerning the participation of a State in the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children.