,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hcdb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ab1 #bjbb,mr4 
,wilson of ,south ,carolina introduced  
the following bill2 which was referred  
to the ,committee on ,armed ,services1  
and in addition to the ,committee on    
,education and ,labor1 for a period to  
be subsequently determined by the       
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to require the development  
of recommendations to improve and fully 
implement the ,military ,interstate     
,children's ,compact1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,military           
,interstate ,children's ,compact        
,commission ,improvement ,act4  #b4     
,recommendations for the improvement of 
the ,military ,interstate ,children's   
,compact  7a7 ,recommendations required 
,the ,secretaries concerned1 in         
consultation with ,states through the   

,defense-,state ,liaison ,office1 shall 
develop recommendations to improve and  
fully implement the ,military           
,interstate ,children's ,compact4  7b7  
,considerations ,in carrying out        
subsection 7a71 the ,secretaries        
concerned shall-- 7#a7 identify any     
barriers-- 7,a7 to the ability of a     
parent of a transferring                
military-connected child to enroll the  
child1 in advance1 in an elementary or  
secondary school in the ,state in which 
the child is transferring1 without      
requiring the parent or child to be     
physically present in the ,state2 and   
7,b7 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 7#bj      
,u4,s4,c4 #adjj et seq472  7#b7 consider
 the feasibility and advisability of--  

7,a7 tracking and reporting the number  
of families who use advanced enrollment 
in ,states that offer advanced          
enrollment to military-connected        
children2  7,b7 ,states clarifying in   
legislation that eligibility for        
advanced enrollment requires only       
written evidence of a permanent change  
of station order1 and does not require a
 parent of a military-connected child to
 produce a rental agreement or mortgage 
statement2 and  7,c7 the ,secretary of  
,defense1 in coordination with the      
,military ,interstate ,children's       
,compact1 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       
,compact2 and  7#c7 identify any other  
actions that may be taken by the ,states
 7acting together or separately7 to     
improve the ,military ,interstate       
,children's ,compact4  7c7 ,report      

required ,not later than #ahj days after
 the date of the enactment of this ,act1
 the ,secretaries concerned shall submit
 to the appropriate congressional       
committees and to the ,states a report  
setting forth the recommendations       
developed under subsection 7a74  7d7    
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7 ,the
 term appropriate congressional         
committees means-- 7,a7 the             
congressional defense committees2  7,b7 
the ,committee on ,health1 ,education1  
,labor1 and ,pensions and the ,committee
 on ,homeland ,security and             
,governmental ,affairs of the ,senate2  
and  7,c7 the ,committee on ,education  
and ,labor and the ,committee on        
,homeland ,security of the ,house of    
,representatives4  7#b7 ,the terms      
child1 elementary school1 local         
educational agency1 secondary school1   
parent1 and ,state have the meanings    
given those terms in section #haja of   
the ,elementary and ,secondary          
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 

#ghja74  7#c7 ,the terms armed forces1  
active duty and congressional defense   
committees have the meanings given those
 terms in section #aja of title #aj1    
,united ,states ,code4  7#d7 ,the term  
transferring military-connected child   
means the child of a parent who-- 7,a7  
is serving on active duty in the armed  
forces2  7,b7 is changing duty locations
 due to a permanent change of station   
order2 and  7,c7 has not yet established
 an ongoing physical presence in the    
,state to which the parent is           
transferring4  7#e7 ,the term ,military 
,interstate ,children's ,compact means  
the ,interstate ,compact on ,educational
 ,opportunity for ,military ,children as
 described in ,department of ,defense   
,instruction #acdb4bi1 dated ,january   
#ca1 #bjag 7or any successor to such    
instruction74  7#f7 ,the term ,secretary
 concerned means-- 7,a7 the ,secretary  
of ,defense1 with respect to matters    
concerning the ,department of ,defense2 
and  7,b7 the ,secretary of the         

department in which the ,coast ,guard is
 operating1 with respect to matters     
concerning the ,coast ,guard when it is 
not operating as a service in the       
,department of the ,navy4