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Specific Impacts on Military Children
TRANSFER OF RECORDS EXCLUSION FROM KINDERGARTEN AND FIRST
EXTRA-CURRICULAR GRADE ENTRANCE AGE
Official transcripts for military affiliated ACTIVITIES VARIANCES
children often come from other states
or overseas schools. Children are placed Students who enroll in school after Children enrolled in Kindergarten in
incorrectly because some schools refuse auditions, tryouts, elections and one state may not qualify by age when
to accept hand-carried copies until the membership recruitments are often transferred during the year to another state.
official version arrives. Because of the eliminated from activities that promote Children who have completed Kindergarten
possible time lapse between entry into socialization and connectedness to their in another state are sometimes denied
school and the arrival of school records, new school community. Often their entry into first grade if they do not meet
this process jeopardizes proper placement skills and talents are not recognized or the age requirement.
for all students and, in particular, those developed or are placed on “hold” because
involved in Special Education, Gifted they are seen as transient or having POWER OF CUSTODIAL
Education, English as a Second Language, arrived “too late.” Organizations such as PARENTS WHILE PARENTS ARE
and Advanced Placement Courses. the National Honor Society permit local DEPLOYED
entrance requirements that can eliminate
COURSE SEQUENCING students even when they have been Due to circumstances created by military
members in their previous school. deployment, there are times when children
States have varying prerequisite course are placed in the care of designated
requirements that can result in preventing REDUNDANT OR MISSED guardians. Legislation is needed to protect
students’ academic advancement, repeating ENTRANCE/EXIT TESTING the children of these families so that they
content or eliminating students from may continue to attend their school or
Honors or Advanced Placement courses. Children who move frequently can be relocate to the neighborhood school of
hindered for missing state mandated their newly appointed guardian.
GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS tests required to enter or exit various
levels of the educational system. Tests are This booklet is designed to help parents,
Graduation requirements vary from state often specific to the state and therefore, families, guardians, school officials and
to state. In some states, specific courses are entrance/exit tests taken in another state public officials understand the Compact
required for graduation. The graduation of are not recognized. and navigate issues that may arise when
military students who transfer during their dealing with a child from a military family.
junior or senior year may be jeopardized if
they are unable, due to state/local policies There may be slight variations between the
or scheduling constraints, to enroll in the model Compact language and the version
necessary coursework. adopted into your state’s statute.
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