105 ILCS 70/1
Short title
Short title. This Act may be cited as the Educational Opportunity for Military Children Act. (Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10.)
Illinois Compiled Statutes 105 ILCS 70 — Educational Opportunity for Military Children Act.
Illinois · statute · 105 ILCS 70 · 21 active provisions
Provisions
105 ILCS 70/5
Purpose
Purpose. It is the purpose of this Act to remove barriers to educational success imposed on children of active duty military personnel because of frequent moves and deployment of their parents by: (1) facilitating the timely enrollment of children of active duty military personnel and ensuring that they are not placed…
105 ILCS 70/10
Findings; authority to enter into compact
Findings; authority to enter into compact. The General Assembly finds and declares that this State recognizes that there is created an Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children through the Council of State Governments, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Defense Office of Personnel a…
105 ILCS 70/15
Applicability
Applicability. This Act applies only if the member states of the Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children approve this State as a member state with this Act governing. (Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10.)
105 ILCS 70/20
Definitions
Definitions. For purposes of this Act: "Active duty military personnel" means active duty members of the uniformed military services, including any of the following: (1) Members of the National Guard and Reserve that are on active duty pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 1209 and 10 U.S.C. 1211. (2) Members or veterans of the unifor…
105 ILCS 70/25
Tuition for children of active duty military personnel who are transfer students
Tuition for children of active duty military personnel who are transfer students. If a student who is a child of active duty military personnel is (i) placed with a non-custodial parent and (ii) as a result of placement, must attend a non-resident school district, then the student must not be charged the tuition of the…
105 ILCS 70/30
Power of attorney for children of active duty military personnel
Power of attorney for children of active duty military personnel. A student who has a parent who is active duty military personnel who must place the student with a non-custodial parent may submit a special power of attorney to the school district that authorizes the student (i) to enroll in the district of the non-cus…
105 ILCS 70/32
Educational records for children of active duty military personnel
Educational records for children of active duty military personnel. (a) In the event that official educational records cannot be released to parents for the purpose of transfer, the custodian of the records in the sending state shall prepare and furnish to the parent a complete set of unofficial educational records to…
105 ILCS 70/33
Enrollment and entrance age for children of active duty military personnel
Enrollment and entrance age for children of active duty military personnel. Students must be allowed to continue their enrollment at grade level in the receiving state commensurate with their grade level (including kindergarten) at the school in the sending state at the time of transition. A student who has satisfactor…
105 ILCS 70/35
Course placement; program placement; placement flexibility; graduation; extracurricular activities; absences related to deployment activities for children of active duty military personnel
Course placement; program placement; placement flexibility; graduation; extracurricular activities; absences related to deployment activities for children of active duty military personnel. (a) If a student transfers before or during the school year, the school in the receiving state shall initially honor placement of…
105 ILCS 70/40
State coordination
State coordination. (a) Each member state of the Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children shall, through the creation of a State Council or use of an existing body or board, provide for the coordination among its agencies of government, local education agencies, and military installations…
105 ILCS 70/45
Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. (a) The member states hereby create the "Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children". The activities of the Interstate Commission are the formation of public policy and are a discretionary state function. The Interstate…
105 ILCS 70/50
Rulemaking of the Interstate Commission
Rulemaking of the Interstate Commission. The Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children shall promulgate reasonable rules in order to effectively and efficiently achieve the purposes of the compact. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event the Interstate Commission exercises its rulemakin…
105 ILCS 70/55
Resolution of disputes
Resolution of disputes. The Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children shall attempt, upon the request of a member state, to resolve disputes that are subject to the compact and that may arise among member states and between member and non-member states. (Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10.)
105 ILCS 70/60
Financing of the Interstate Commission
Financing of the Interstate Commission. (a) The Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children shall pay or provide for the payment of the reasonable expenses of its establishment, organization, and ongoing activities. (b) The Interstate Commission may levy and collect an annual assessment of $1…
105 ILCS 70/65
Withdrawal and dissolution of compact
Withdrawal and dissolution of compact. (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 from the compact by specifically repealing the statute that enacted the compact into law. (b) Withdrawal from the compact shall be…
105 ILCS 70/70
Severability and construction
Severability and construction. (a) The provisions of this Act are severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision is deemed unenforceable, the remaining provisions of this Act are enforceable. (b) The provisions of this Act shall be liberally construed to effectuate its purposes. (c) Nothing in this Act sh…
105 ILCS 70/75
Binding effect of Act and other laws
Binding effect of Act and other laws. (a) Nothing in this Act prevents the enforcement of any other law that is not inconsistent with this Act. (b) All laws conflicting with this Act are superseded to the extent of the conflict. (c) All agreements between the Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Militar…
105 ILCS 70/905
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(Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10; text omitted.)
105 ILCS 70/910
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(Amendatory provisions; text omitted). (Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10; text omitted.)
105 ILCS 70/999
Effective date
Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law. (Source: P.A. 96-953, eff. 6-28-10.)