[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8342 Introduced in House (IH)]
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117th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8342
To require the development of recommendations to improve and fully
implement the Military Interstate Children's Compact, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
July 12, 2022
Mr. Wilson of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the
Committee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently
determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned
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A BILL
To require the development of recommendations to improve and fully
implement the Military Interstate Children's Compact, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Military Interstate Children's
Compact Commission Improvement Act''.
SEC. 2. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE MILITARY INTERSTATE
CHILDREN'S COMPACT.
(a) Recommendations Required.--The Secretaries concerned, in
consultation with States through the Defense-State Liaison Office,
shall develop recommendations to improve and fully implement the
Military Interstate Children's Compact.
(b) Considerations.--In carrying out subsection (a), the
Secretaries concerned shall--
(1) identify any barriers--
(A) to the ability of a parent of a transferring
military-connected child to enroll the child, in
advance, in an elementary or secondary school in the
State in which the child is transferring, without
requiring the parent or child to be physically present
in the State; and
(B) to the ability of a transferring military-
connected child who receives special education services
to gain access to such services and related supports in
the State to which the child transfers within the
timeframes required under the Individuals with
Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.);
(2) consider the feasibility and advisability of--
(A) tracking and reporting the number of families
who use advanced enrollment in States that offer
advanced enrollment to military-connected children;
(B) States clarifying in legislation that
eligibility for advanced enrollment requires only
written evidence of a permanent change of station
order, and does not require a parent of a military-
connected child to produce a rental agreement or
mortgage statement; and
(C) the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with
the Military Interstate Children's Compact, developing
a letter or other memorandum that military families may
present to local educational agencies that outlines the
protections afforded to military-connected children by
the Military Interstate Children's Compact; and
(3) identify any other actions that may be taken by the
States (acting together or separately) to improve the Military
Interstate Children's Compact.
(c) Report Required.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Secretaries concerned shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees and to the States a report setting
forth the recommendations developed under subsection (a).
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``appropriate congressional committees''
means--
(A) the congressional defense committees;
(B) the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
Pensions and the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and
(C) the Committee on Education and Labor and the
Committee on Homeland Security of the House of
Representatives.
(2) The terms ``child'', ``elementary school'', ``local
educational agency'', ``secondary school'', ``parent'', and
``State'' have the meanings given those terms in section 8101
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7801).
(3) The terms ``armed forces'', ``active duty'' and
``congressional defense committees'' have the meanings given
those terms in section 101 of title 10, United States Code.
(4) The term ``transferring military-connected child''
means the child of a parent who--
(A) is serving on active duty in the armed forces;
(B) is changing duty locations due to a permanent
change of station order; and
(C) has not yet established an ongoing physical
presence in the State to which the parent is
transferring.
(5) The term ``Military Interstate Children's Compact''
means the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for
Military Children as described in Department of Defense
Instruction 1342.29, dated January 31, 2017 (or any successor
to such instruction).
(6) The term ``Secretary concerned'' means--
(A) the Secretary of Defense, with respect to
matters concerning the Department of Defense; and
(B) the Secretary of the department in which the
Coast Guard is operating, with respect to matters
concerning the Coast Guard when it is not operating as
a service in the Department of the Navy.
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