,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #dghc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #ae1     
#bjbf,mr4 ,cruz 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,budd1 and ,mrs4 ,moody7 introduced the 
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,armed   
,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the     
,servicemembers ,civil ,relief ,act to  
provide relief for members of the       
uniformed services who homeschool their 
dependent children1 and for other       
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,continuity of      
,military ,parents' ,academic ,schooling
 and ,state ,standards ,act of #bjbf or 
the ,,compass ,act4  #b4 ,purposes ,the 
purposes of this ,act are-- 7#a7 to     
ensure uninterrupted educational        
continuity for military-connected       
students2  7#b7 to reduce administrative
 and legal burdens caused by frequent   
relocations2  7#c7 to prevent           
conflicting ,state homeschooling        
requirements from penalizing military   

families2  7#d7 to support family       
stability and readiness of              
servicemembers 7as defined in section   
#aja of the ,servicemembers ,civil      
,relief ,act 7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #ciaa77     
during transitions2 and  7#e7 to align  
homeschooling treatment more closely    
with existing protections tied to       
domicile and legal residence afforded to
 military families under ,federal law4  
#c4 ,treatment of compulsory education  
and homeschooling laws of ,states under 
,servicemembers ,civil ,relief ,act  7a7
 ,in general ,title ,,vii of the        
,servicemembers ,civil ,relief ,act 7#ej
 ,u4,s4,c4 #djba et seq47 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new     
section3  #gjh4 ,compulsory education   
and homeschooling laws of ,states  7a7  
,in general ,a dependent child of a     
servicemember who is educated at home   
and is covered by military orders for a 
permanent change of station to a        
location shall be considered in         
compliance with all compulsory education

 and homeschooling provisions of law of 
the ,state of the location1 if such     
dependent child is in compliance with   
all the compulsory education and        
homeschooling provisions of law of such 
,state or the ,state of the legal       
residence of the servicemember4  7b7    
,definition of child ,in this section1  
the term child has the meaning given    
such term in section #aja of title #ch1 
,united ,states ,code4  4  7b7 ,clerical
 amendment ,the table of contents in    
section #a7;b7 of such ,act is amended  
by inserting after the item relating to 
section #gjg the following new item3    
,sec4 #gjh4 ,compulsory education and   
homeschooling laws of ,states4  4