5111.02 - EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY CHILDREN
Children of an active duty member of the United States armed services shall be entitled to all of the rights and protections afforded under the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children (Compact).
The intent of this policy is to minimize the potential challenges to educational success for children of military families because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents by:
- facilitating the timely enrollment and placement of children of military families in educational and other school programs and activities;
- facilitating the on-time graduation of children of military families; and
- providing for the uniform collection and sharing of information between and among schools and military families.
Children of active-duty uniformed services members parents/guardians who are subject to a transfer or relocation order and will be relocating to but do not yet reside in the District shall be permitted to apply for enrollment in the same manner and at the same time as resident students.
Enrollment applications shall be accepted by electronic means, including those for specific schools or programs within the District.
Parents/guardians must provide proof of residence within ten (10) days after establishing residence in the District. A temporary on-base billeting facility, a purchased or leased home or apartment, or a Federal government or public-private venture off-base military housing are all acceptable forms of residency.
The children of military families shall be permitted to participate in technology-based educational opportunities to minimize disruptions when those students’ families transition from one military installation to another. The District shall make necessary provisions to enable students to participate in technology-based opportunities when those students’ families receive permanent change of station orders out of the state until the students are enrolled in the schools of a new local education agency.
The Superintendent shall maintain guidelines for implementation of this policy which are consistent with the Compact and State law.
The guidelines shall apply to children of military families within the state as well as between member states.
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