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She\u2019s the principal at Liza Jackson Preparatory School in the Okaloosa County School District, but she\u2019s also the wife of a retired Air Force officer, a mother of five children who made frequent moves before the compact existed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among their challenges: Two daughters who had been on a national softball team couldn\u2019t try out for the team at their new school because they\u2019d arrived after tryouts were held, and a son who lost all his rank in Junior ROTC when he moved to a new school. And although he had taken AP History, she said, \u201cit took me forever to get the new school to accept the course.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>COMPACT 101<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of 2014, all 50 states and the District of Columbia had voluntarily adopted the compact, which addresses school transition issues of children of active-duty members, including National Guard and reserve members on active-duty orders. The Department of Defense Education Activity has signed a memorandum to comply with its provisions in both overseas and domestic schools. The states have appointed representatives to serve on a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mic3.net\/\">national interstate compact commission<\/a> that enacts necessary rules, and works with states to implement the compact and communicate the requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">States are at various stages of implementing the compact, which means that in some areas, it\u2019s not happening at the school level \u2014 some states don\u2019t even have a council to address compact issues, which is required by the compact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And while there have been cases where the compact was not being followed, \u201cwe\u2019ve never gotten to that point where we had to enforce\u201d the measure through state courts, said Rosemary Kraeger, chairwoman of the national <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mic3.net\/\">Military Interstate Children\u2019s Compact Commission<\/a> and superintendent of Middletown Public Schools in Rhode Island. If it got to that point, it would be up to the individual state to file legal action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>WHAT IT DOES (AND DOESN\u2019T) DO<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The compact is not designed to give military children an unfair edge, but to level the playing field, compensating for disadvantages military children have traditionally faced when they move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It applies only to public schools, including public charter schools funded by the state. It doesn\u2019t apply to private schools or home schools. It doesn\u2019t affect any curriculum. It doesn\u2019t apply to pre-school or pre-kindergarten programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some of the most common issues involve credit transfers and graduation, such as state-specific grad requirements and late-enrollment issues. The compact gives school officials the flexibility to waive courses required for graduation if similar coursework has been completed and allows new schools to accept various exam results from prior schools in place of state testing requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Special education resources also are included, though the the compact doesn\u2019t supplant federal law \u2014 the Individuals with Disabilities Education, or IDEA, Act. The compact also addresses enrollment-age issues, allowing transfer students to progress in grade even if they\u2019re not old enough based on requirements of the new state\u2019s schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Parents who can\u2019t resolve an issue with their school should contact their school liaison officers within the military community. These liaisons help educate schools and parents, and can help resolve issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThey\u2019re well-informed,\u201d Kraeger said. \u201cI work hand in glove with my school liaison officer. She solves most of the issues before they get to me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dave Splitek, who represents the Military Child Education Coalition as an ex-officio member of the compact commission, said that in the early 2000s, before the compact, MCEC would get a deluge of phone calls and emails from parents in August and September about the education transition process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cNow, it\u2019s a trickle,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the <a href=\"https:\/\/bluestarfam.org\/survey\/\">2016 Blue Star Families Military Family Lifestyle Survey<\/a>, 33 percent of parents who responded indicated their child\u2019s school was doing a good job of complying with the interstate compact. But of the active-duty troops and spouses who responded, 44 percent indicated they were unaware of the compact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This could indicate that their kids aren\u2019t old enough to be in school, or they are simply unaware of the compact, said Cristin Orr Shiffer, senior adviser for research and policy at Blue Star Families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis suggests to me that education and awareness are needed at the military parent and school levels,\u201d Shiffer said<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kraeger said the commission is ramping up its communication and education efforts for military parents, school districts and schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cEverybody needs to work together. No one needs to be passive when it comes to the military child,\u201d she said.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For all the compact does, military parents need to remember that \u201cit never gets away from the parent being the child\u2019s best advocate,\u201d said Mary Keller, president of the Military Child Education Coalition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s important that people don\u2019t think policy is going to trump parenting. 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