General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 15E Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children

• Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 15E, Section 1
  As used in this chapter, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Active duty”, full-time duty status in...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Applicability - Chapter 15E, Section 2
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), this compact shall apply to the children of: (1) active duty members of the uniformed services; (2)...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Educational records and enrollment - Chapter 15E, Section 3
  (a) If official education records cannot be released to the parents for the purpose of transfer, the custodian of the records in the sending state...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Placement and attendance - Chapter 15E, Section 4
  (a) When a student transfers before or during the school year, the receiving state school shall initially honor placement of the student in educational courses...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Eligibility - Chapter 15E, Section 5
  (a) The following shall be required to be eligible for enrollment in the receiving state’s school: (1) special power of attorney, relative to the guardianship...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Graduation - Chapter 15E, Section 6
  (a) To facilitate the on-time graduation of children of military families, local education agency administrative officials shall waive specific courses required for graduation if similar...
• Massachusetts General Laws - State coordination - Chapter 15E, Section 7
  (a) Each member state shall, through the creation of a state council or use of an existing body or board, provide for the coordination among...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Interstate commission on educational opportunity for military children - Chapter 15E, Section 8
  The compacting states hereby create the interstate commission on educational opportunity for military children. The activities of the interstate commission are the formation of public...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and duties of the interstate commission - Chapter 15E, Section 9
  The interstate commission may: (a) provide for dispute resolution among member states; (b) issue, upon request of a member state, advisory opinions concerning the meaning...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Organization and operation of the interstate commission - Chapter 15E, Section 10
  (a) The interstate commission shall, by a majority vote of the members present and voting and within 12 months after the first interstate commission meeting,...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Rulemaking functions of the interstate commission - Chapter 15E, Section 11
  (a) The interstate commission shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively achieve the purposes of this compact. In the event the interstate commission exercises...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Oversight, enforcement and dispute resolution - Chapter 15E, Section 12
  (a) All courts shall take judicial notice of the compact and the rules in any judicial or administrative proceeding in a member state pertaining to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Financing of the interstate commission - Chapter 15E, Section 13
  (a) The interstate commission shall pay, or provide for the payment of, the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization and ongoing activities. (b) The interstate...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Member states, effective date and amendment - Chapter 15E, Section 14
  (a) Any state shall be eligible to become a member state. (b) The compact shall become effective and binding upon legislative enactment of the compact...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Withdrawal from compact - Chapter 15E, Section 15
  (a) Once effective, the compact shall continue in force and remain binding upon each and every member state; provided, that a member state may withdraw...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Dissolution of compact - Chapter 15E, Section 16
  (a) This compact shall dissolve upon the date of the withdrawal or default of the member state which reduces the membership in the compact to...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Severability and construction - Chapter 15E, Section 17
  (a) This compact shall be severable and if any phrase, clause, sentence or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of the compact shall be...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Enforcement of other laws - Chapter 15E, Section 18
  (a) Nothing in this compact shall prevent the enforcement of any other law of a member state that is not inconsistent with this compact. (b)...
• Massachusetts General Laws - Binding effect of the compact - Chapter 15E, Section 19
  (a) All lawful actions of the interstate commission, including all rules and by-laws promulgated by the interstate commission, shall be binding upon the member states....

Last modified: September 11, 2015