The Military Connected School Administrator Summit met last month in Nashville, Tennessee and included districts from Missouri, New Jersey, South Dakota, and Texas. The joint meeting allowed districts to make connections, share resources, and collaborate around common student learning and leadership issues. Administrators attended the advanced Compact 201 session which focused on the application of compact regulations, and actual scenarios they encountered while supporting military student transitions.

For more information on training opportunities and resources, visit our webpage here.

The Commission provides technical support for Member States, which include legal reviews on request. State commissioners may request advisory opinions from general counsel through the Executive Director which advise on the constitutionality or interpretation of the compact law and/or rule.

Legal Advisory #1-2024 provides an analysis of SEC. 5.104 Placement Flexibility as requested by the Rules Committee.

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This year, the Compliance Committee unveiled a new tool for monitoring progress with annual compliance requirements. Recently, a state requested clarity on how they should interpret the 'wheel'. "The wheel is simply a monitoring tool, not an evaluation criterion," said Compliance Chair Steven Bullard (KY), "it’s meant to be a quick way to look at a lot of information in a densely formatted graphic format." Red blocks show – per the color guide at the above – where a state is still outstanding. The wheel represents the current Fiscal Year 2024, so a state is not “delinquent” in any area until July 1, 2024. “Fiscal Year 2024” is highlighted in the white center block. 

Each “spoke” represents a state. The concentric rings are color-coded to a specific event. If the color on your spoke matches the event, you are compliant for that event; if it is “red”, it’s still outstanding. "For those who, like me, are fully or partially color blind, with little ability to discern color differences," added Bullard, "we added color density differences in the color guide so you can still tell where that “color” stands out in the wheel. The main value in the wheel is that a quick look, once you understand the chart, tells the viewer where states are at in completing their current requirements, and which ones they still need to work on."

A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate would require the Pentagon to share information with state and local school authorities about students who enlist in the military, Military.com reported.

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