§ 20-38-3-1 — Purpose

Indiana § 20-38-3-1

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 20: EDUCATION
• Art. 38: EDUCATIONAL COMPACTS
• Ch. 3: Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for

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ARTICLE I. PURPOSE
It is the purpose of this compact to remove barriers to educational
success imposed on children of military families due to frequent moves
and deployment of their parents by doing the following:
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 educational records from the
school corporations the children previously attended or variations
in admissions requirements.
B. Facilitating the student placement process to ensure that
children of military families are not placed at a disadvantage due
to variations in attendance requirements, scheduling, sequencing,
grading, course content, or assessment.
C. Facilitating the qualifications and eligibility for enrollment and
participation in educational programs and extracurricular
academic, athletic, and social activities.
D. Facilitating the timely graduation of children of military
families.
E. Providing for the adoption and enforcement of rules to
implement this chapter.
F. Providing for the uniform collection and sharing of information
among member states, schools, and military families.
G. Promoting coordination among this compact and other
compacts affecting children of military families.
H. Promoting flexibility and cooperation among the educational
system, students, and families to achieve educational success for
the students.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.21-2009, SEC.1.