1. Category Receiving Sending
Topic Issue Process to Resolve Final Resolution COMMENTS
State State
Placement Freshman transfer from VA Mother scheduled
Middle School and has taken appointment with Asst. Asst. Superintendent The issue could have been solved at
Honors Algebra I Honors in 8th grade. Superintendent. She contacted counselor and a lower level with proper
Texas Virginia
Placement High school counselor explained the situation instructed the course be information & awareness of the
transferred the course as a and brought course changed to Honors. Compact.
regular course, not honors. catalogs.
The counselor at the Student took mid-year
HS reached out to the course assessment at
The receiving school offered a very
SLO to get her receiving school and upon
Similar Course Junior moving mid-year to a good and reasonable solution.
connected with passing was issued 1/2
Not available at school that did not have a class Florida Virginia Alternative: May consider a virtual
previous school district credit for completing one
new duty station similar to what he was taking. option to finish the course in the
for information on semester. Student enrolled
future rather than taking half credit.
what had been covered in another course for next
thus far in course. semester.
Parent contacted the
SLO at sending
HS student in an AB schedule
installation. SLO Receiving counselor
Placement issues transferring to new school with Being proactive and addressing any
connected parent with worked with sending
due to calendar very different calendar. There possible issues prior to the
Florida Washington receiving school school district to ensure
differences at could potentially be issues due transfer is the most effective way to
counselor to discuss proper placement without
schools to course sequencing and ensure a smooth transfer.
how to avoid any loss of credit.
timing.
problems with
placement.
Student PCS from OCONUS
and enrolled in private HS in Two important items:
Parent took course
FL as a freshman. 1 year later 1. Parents need to be educated that
catalogs, school
the student PCS'd again and The principal reviewed private schools are not covered
handbook and other
Grade level enrolled in public school in FL. Germany the materials provided and under the Compact.
Florida materials to receiving
placement Because the private school DoDEA enrolled the student as 2. Parents need to be vigilant about
public school for a
awarded grades on a different sophomore. keeping course syllabi, course
meeting with counselor
system, the public school catalogs and school handbooks for
and principal.
wanted to have the student all schools their children attend.
repeat freshman year.
SLO took the Compact If all schools had application
Student missed the deadline for The student was permitted
to the school and met deadlines for programs online for
application to the IB program to apply for IB online
IB Program with the parent and parents, this child possibly could
and was told by the receiving Maryland California since there were still
deadline Coordinator of have applied online prior to PCSing
HS that he would not be able to openings and the "late"
Advanced Programs to avoid the issue. This comes with
apply. status was waived.
for the school systems. being proactive prior to PCS.

2. The SLO explained the
Compact and how this
situation clearly fell
within the Compact's
realm.
The school was
provided information
relevant to this case
and the Interstate
Compact by the SLO.
It was requested that
the IC guidance of
The student completed 2
school/course
years of English during a
placement be applied
International student of a parent single school year. He was
to this case. The
attending a military school Korea allowed to take English 12
school administrator
Grade level transferred as a 19 year old online and the school had
Virginia advised that the student
placement Senior. The school wanted to (Not a DoD midterm & final proctored
would not have 2 years
place the student as a junior school) via webcam. Student
of English to meet
based on test scores. successfully completed
graduation
courses and received a VA
requirements so he
diploma.
could not be placed as
a senior. The SLO
requested that they
allow online or dual
enrollment to ensure
the student's graduation
was not delayed.
Absence National Guard unit was Commander, FL The Superintendent
returning from deployment National Guard created a policy for
and there was no policy at contacted SLO with excusing deployment
Reintegration
the district for excusing Florida Florida the concern and related absences and
related absence request for help sent the policy to all
absences for students when
it was related to deployment getting a policy put school administrators
or reintegration. into place. SLO and the SLO. The SLO
reviewed the forwarded the new

3. Compact language policy to National Guard
and contacted the Commander.
Superintendent with
the request and
informing him of the
language in the
Compact related to
the issued.
The family contacted
The Principal
the SLO who in turn
understood and was
contacted the district
willing to excuse the
attendance office.
absence with the
The SLO explained
stipulation that the Not all Commands receive
the Interstate
family provide some orders to deploy and it is a
Compact and
Two sisters missed 2 days of sort of written burden for a command to
provided the
school because of their documentation that the provide each Service member
language related to
Deployment father's delayed departure absence was related to with a letter. Understanding the
Arizona Arizona absence and the
related absence for a 7month deployment. deployment. The school needs documentation for
employee referred
The school would not excuse documentation could be annual attendance audits, this
the SLO to the Asst.
the absences. orders, or a letter from does create a potential problem.
Principal in charge of
the Command. The Could one form letter from a
attendance. The
family provided the Commander suffice?
SLO explained the
school with a copy of
Compact and
the orders and the
language related to
absences were
absence to the Asst.
excused.
Principal.
Parent contacted the
A template of a letter informing
School district would not School Liaison the school of an impending
Deployment excuse 3 days of absence asking if there was The 3 days were absence with the Compact
Related for a child to attend his California California any policy or marked as excused language included (and SLO
Absence father's homecoming and to legislation in place absences. contact) could be provided to
have 2 reintegration days. that would allows the parents.
school to excuse the
3 days. The SLO A template for this letter is

4. shared the Interstate provided at this link:
Compact with the
family. The family Parent's Letter to School
brought the Compact absences_deployment.doc
to the school when
they delivered the
note stating that their
child would be
absent for 3 days
because of the
Marine's
homecoming from
Afghanistan.
Exit Exams The SLO worked
& End of Student transferred late in with the family to get
Course Florida accepted
the school year during her the testing
Testing Alaska's passing exam
State senior year. She had missed information from the
Florida Alaska scores and allowed the
Assessment the Florida State sending state.
student to graduate with
Assessment required for Alaska confirmed the
FL diploma.
graduation. student has passed
their exit exam.
After many
unsuccessful
11th grade student was told
attempts to cancel
that he would need to
the requirement in
complete Standards of The council ruled that
the receiving school, This ruling set a precedent in VA
Learning (SOLs) for course the parent contacted the requirement should and guidance was sent to all
End of Course work completed in 9th and be waived and the end
Virginia Arizona the School Liaison. districts in the state.
Testing 10th grade in sending state of coursework tests
The SL contacted
even though end of the year from the sending state Excellent use of the State
the state commission
assessments had be were accepted. Council.
chairman, district
completed and passed in the personnel, and MIC3
sending state.
representatives with
specifics of the case.
The IC council for

5. the state addressed
this issue and
provided guidance.
Parent contacted
High school student
NMFA who referred
transitioned to new state.
the parent to the The school initiated the
Receiving state wanted the
SLO to learn more requested waiver based
student to complete SOLs for
about the Interstate on the citation of the IC,
End of course course credits completed in
Virginia California Compact. The SLO and the waiver was
testing the sending state despite the
assisted the parent approved by the district
fact that the student had
with bringing the and the course credit
satisfactorily passed the end
Compact to the was accepted.
of course assessments in
attention of the
sending state.
district.
The counselor
The school presented the Compact
counselor had language to Registrar.
Registrar was requiring
attending training in Since the student would
transitioning senior student
December not meet the Texas
to take Texas state exam
concerning the IC graduation requirement,
Exit exams and meet all graduation Texas Florida
and recalled that this but the student was
requirements in Texas in
was covered under eligible to graduate in
order to be eligible to
the Compact. The FL, the student will
graduate.
counselor called the receive a FL diploma
SLO for assistance. and wear FL cap and
gown at graduation.
Extra Parent contacted the Receiving school
Curricular Transferring junior would not receiving school and allowed the student to
be at receiving school for talked to the athletic send a video-taped try-
Sport Try-outs cheerleading try-outs, but California Connecticut director regarding out video. Student
would be there for the entire missing the deadline made the squad with
season to participate. for cheer tryouts due the stipulation that she
to PCS. The parent would have to "qualify"
sent the athletic in person once she

6. director the Compact arrived.
and pointed out the
guidance regarding
the topic.
Enrollment The child had to get a
The receiving school
PPD prior to attending.
was well-versed with
Since this is a test and
the Compact and
not an immunization it
The student's immunization worked with the
is not covered under There is a need to educate
record was packed with the parent with little help
DoDEA the Compact. For all parents on the difference
Immunizations household goods and had Florida required. The parent,
Yokosuka other immunizations, between tests and
not arrived in time for school however did not
the student was allowed immunizations.
registration. understand the
to enroll and provide
difference between a
the immunization record
"test" and an
upon receipt of
"immunization"
household goods.
The parent contacted
The school district
the SLO. The SLO
Receiving school district allowed the child to
took the Compact to
would not allow student to enroll and the child got
Immunizations Mississippi California the superintendent to
start school without required all necessary
discuss the guidance
immunizations. immunizations within a
regarding
week.
immunizations.
The receiving school The student was
contacted the SLO allowed to enroll with
for assistance. The the temporary records
Student arrived from Japan and was placed in
SLO contacted the
No school without providing any This was NOT during voluntary
Florida DoDEA DoDEA school and classes similar to those
transcripts transcripts or education departure.
arranged to have on the temporary
documentation.
temporary documents. The
documentation faxed placement became
to receiving school. permanent when the
official records were

7. received.
SLO at receiving
command contacted
the South Carolina
Interstate Compact The SC Compact
Sending school refused to Commissioner to Commissioner
send school records prior to notify that the South contacted the school to
Good resolution, but with a
the end of the school year. Carolina school (not inform them of the
Transfer of North South process in place to address
The receiving school could a military impacted Compact guidance. The
School Records Carolina Carolina issues, this may have been able
not complete registration of school - little school was unaware of
to be settled at a lower level.
the child in school without awareness of the Compact, but
prior school records. Compact) had a changed their policy
policy of not sending upon notification.
the school records
until the end of the
school year.
SLO spoke to dept
Service member would like within the district that
to apply for choice school, handles the transfer
however, the district policy is process and The Service member
that the parent attend explained that the was allowed to enroll
Intradistrict training session and secure family would his child given the
transfer the principal's signature prior South not meet the stipulation that he
Virginia
deadline for to application/enrollment. Carolina deadline as they provide a copy of his
application The Service member would would not be in the orders, and attend
not PCS until after area to obtain training upon his arrival
the deadline and would signature and attend to South Carolina.
therefore not be able to get a training. SL cited the
signature and attend training. IC guidance, and the
district reviewed.
A grandmother had legal The Compact was After review, the
guardianship of her South South provided to the
Guardianship student was permitted
Carolina Carolina
granddaughter because district and the to enroll.
the mother was deployed. language regarding

8. The school district refused to guardianship was
accept the paperwork highlighted and
provided by the grandmother discussed.
and would not accept the
student.
Graduation The family contacted
Requirements the SLO in FL
regarding the issue.
The FL SLO contacted
the sending school in
CA and worked with
Student arrived as a senior
the counselor and Since the student met all
during the 2nd semester of
parent on resolving the of the requirements to
school. Based on his credits, he
issue. The student was graduate in California, the
would not have enough credits
Credits Florida California enrolled in classes in student received a
to graduate on time in receiving
FL that met the California diploma, but
state. The student was on track
requirements he needed walked at the FL
to graduate on time in sending
in California if he were graduation ceremony.
state.
going to graduate from
the sending school. At
the end of the semester,
the grades were sent to
California school for
verification.
Parent contacted the
receiving school
counselor and the The student did not meet
Senior student relocating to Texas graduation
counselor had
TX. Receiving school told requirements, but the
awareness of the
Exit Testing student he would need to meet Texas Florida counselor worked with the
Compact. The
all TX graduation requirements. sending school to arrange
Counselor called the
SLO to verify the IC for the student to receive
FL diploma.
guidance stated that the
student could receive a
FL diploma if he did

9. not meet all of the TX
requirements.
Parent contacted the
SLO with concerns
after unsuccessful
attempts to resolve the
issue with the school The SLO reports that the support of
guidance counselor and the Superintendent was instrumental
principal. The SLO in this decision, and has led to
Military child transferred at the
initiated a meeting with awareness training for all principals
beginning of senior year from
the parent, guidance in the district.
FL to AZ. In Florida the student After several months of
counselor, the principal
was ranked #1 in his class. discussions, an acceptable
and the superintendent The issue of military children not
When he moved to ZA, the resolution was attained being eligible for Valedictorian can
to discuss why the
Valedictorian school did not give the student and the principal agree to come into play in many aspects due
Florida Arizona child was not receiving
Selection credit for some of the have Co-Valedictorians.
proper credit for the to transiency: 1) some districts do
completed courses taken in FL Both students received the
AP courses taken not weigh grades which alter GPA;
because they were not offered at honor and gave speeches
successfully in FL. The 2) Some schools have a policy that
the school in AZ. As a result, at graduation. a student must have attended the HS
SLO brought the
the student fell to #2 in overall for a certain amount of time to be
Compact to the
class ranking.
attention of the group. eligible. The compromise in this
The Superintendent situation was an effective
was very alternative.
knowledgeable of the
Compact, but the
principal and guidance
counselor were not.
Student enrolled in Special The counselor at the An agreement was
Education transferred from receiving school reached between the two
Oklahoma to Louisiana for contacted the counselor schools which allowed the This is a good practice for any
Graduation
senior year. The student needed Louisiana Oklahoma at the sending school to student to graduate under student, not just a student with
requirements to take a high level math course discuss. The student the Oklahoma curriculum. special needs.
and a history course to meet would have been The student was able to
Louisiana graduation eligible to graduate in participate in the
requirements. The student's Oklahoma if she Louisiana graduation

10. mother objected as she felt that passed the senior year ceremony, but she
her daughter could not courses. received an Oklahoma
successfully handle such a diploma.
curriculum in addition to her
other courses.
Canadian Service
member contacted the SLO
The SLO, counselors
at Ft. Leavenworth. His
from the Kansas and
daughter was supposed to An agreement was
Canadian schools, The Canadian school was very
be a senior in Canada, reached and the
the parents and the willing to work with the Kansas
Foreign student however, she did not have student was able to use
Canadian Consulate school to find a solution for this
graduation enough credits in Kansas to Kansas Canada the courses she took in
worked together to child. It is a great example of
eligibility be a senior so she was Kansas to graduate
find a solution based how the Compact can be utilized
placed in 11th grade and from her high school in
on the Compact as a best practice anywhere.
was also told that she would Canada on time.
even though Canada
need to take some additional
is not a member.
credits through a local
community college.