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 armed forces
of the United States or the National Guard and Reserve on active
duty orders under 10 U.S.C. 1209 and 10 U.S.C. 1211. B."Children of military families" means school aged children
who are enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 and are
members of the household of an active duty member.
C."Compact commissioner" means the voting representative of
each member state appointed under section 9 of this chapter.
D."Deployment" means the period beginning one (1) month
before a service member departs from the member's home station
on military orders and ending six (6) months after the service
member returns to the member's
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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 armed forces
of the United States or the National Guard and Reserve on active
duty orders under 10 U.S.C. 1209 and 10 U.S.C. 1211.
B. "Children of military families" means school aged children
who are enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12 and are
members of the household of an active duty member.
C. "Compact commissioner" means the voting representative of
each member state appointed under section 9 of this chapter.
D. "Deployment" means the period beginning one (1) month
before a service member departs from the member's home station
on military orders and ending six (6) months after the service
member returns to the member's home station.
E. "Educational records" means the official records, files, and data
that are directly related to a student and maintained by a school or
local education agency. The term includes general identifying
data, records of attendance and 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 voluntary activities
sponsored by a school, a local education agency, or an
organization approved by a local education agency. The term
includes preparation for and involvement in public performances,
contests, athletic competitions, demonstrations, displays, and club
activities.
G. "Interstate commission" refers to the interstate commission on
Educational Opportunity for Military Children created by Article
IX of this compact.
H. "Local education agency" means a public administrative
agency authorized by the state to control and direct kindergarten
through grade 12 public educational institutions.
I. "Member state" means a state that has enacted this compact.
J. "Military installation" means a base, a camp, a post, a station,
a yard, a center, a homeport facility for a ship, or any other
activity under the jurisdiction of the United States Department of
Defense. The term includes a leased facility located within the
United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, the Northern Mariana Islands, or any other United States
territory. The term does not include a 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
adopted under Article XII of this compact that is of general
applicability, that implements, interprets, or prescribes a policy of
provision of the interstate compact, and that has the force and
effect of statutory law on a member state. The term includes the
amendment, repeal, or suspension of an existing rule.
N. "Sending state" means the state from which a child of a
military family is sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought.
O. "State" means a state of the United States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Mariana
Islands, or any other United States territory.
P. "Student" means a child of a military family for whom a local
education agency receives public funding and who is formally
enrolled in kindergarten through grade 12.
Q. "Transition" means the formal and physical process of
transferring a student between schools or the period during which
a student transfers from a school in the sending state to a school
in the receiving states.
R. "Uniformed services" means the United States Army, United
States Navy, United States Air Force, United States Marine
Corps, United States Space Force, or United States Coast Guard.
The term includes the commission corp of the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration and the Public Health Services.
S. "Veteran" means an individual who served in and was
discharged or released from the uniformed services under
conditions other than dishonorable.