New state law eases school moves for military families
North Carolina on Thursday joined a group of 10 states that have a uniform standard for educating students from military families.
Posted — UpdatedThe Defense Department said 1.5 million students in military families attend schools outside the military installations to which their parents are assigned. About 13,000 Fayetteville public school students comes from military families.
Military families are three times more likely to move than a civilian family, officials said.
The interstate compact creates uniform standards for transferring school records, course placement, testing and graduation requirements.
Another 10 states have legislation pending that would add them to the compact.
• Credits
Copyright 2024 by Capitol Broadcasting Company. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.