Military Youth: youth with parents on active duty in the armed forces
The term ‘armed forces’ means the:
• Army;
• Navy;
• Air Force;
• Marine Corps, and
• Coastal Guard
The term ‘active duty’ means: full-time duty in the active military service of the United States. Such term includes full-time training duty, annual training duty, and attendance, while in the active military service, at a school designated as a service school by law or by the Secretary of the military department concerned. Such term does not include full-time National Guard duty.
The term “active duty for a period of more than 30 days” means: active duty under a call or order that does not specify a period of 30 days or less.
Facts:
North Carolina houses the 4th largest military population in the United States, supporting over 578,000 di-rect and indirect jobs. The military is our state’s second largest industry behind agriculture, accounting for over $66 billion dollars in gross state product, or about 13% of NC’s economy.
There are four major service installations in North Carolina…
Fort Bragg (Army), Camp Lejeune (Marines), Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, and Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. There are also several Coast Guard stations along our coast. Active duty and veteran families are located in every county in the state.
NC is home to 65,108 military-connected children aged 5-17 of which:
46,163 have a full-time Active Duty parent/guardian
18,945 have a parent/guardian in the National Guard or Reserve
And, there are an additional 254,718 veteran’s households with children ages 5-17.
American Academy of Pediatrics tells us the following about our military-connected kids: 1 in 4 suffer from depression; 1 in 3 experience excessive worry; and 1 in 2 have sleep is-sues. Military-connected children ages 5-17 demonstrate an increased risk for emotional and behavioral problems, and they exhibit increased emotional issues with longer parental deployments. There is a direct correlation between well-being of the caretaker during deployment and well-being of the child.
This data is supported by a Rand Re-search Study that reveals...
Compared to peers, military kids re-ported elevated:
• Emotional or behavioral difficulties (34% of military kids com-pared to 19% of youth in the gen-eral population)
• Anxiety symptoms (30% of military kids compared to 15% of youth in the general population)
• Family functioning difficulties
The Compact deals with the challenges of military children and their frequent relocations. It allows for uniform treatment as military children transfer between school districts in member states.
Note: The Compact only applies to public schools.
Each state appoints representation to a governing commission responsible for enacting rules to implement the Compact. Each participating state also creates a state council based on the requirements of their state legislation.
Children of the following:
Active duty members of the uniformed services, including members of the National Guard and Reserve on active duty orders (Title 10)
Members or veterans who are medically discharged or retired for one year
Members who die on active duty, for a period of one year after death
Uniformed members of the Commissioned Corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), and United States Public Health Services (USPHS)
Children of the following:
Inactive members of the National Guard and Reserves (Not Title 10)
Members now retired not covered above
Veterans not covered above
Other Department of Defense personnel, federal agency civilians and contract employees not defined as active duty
Members other than the uniformed personnel of NOAA and USPHS
Enrollment
Educational Records
Immunizations
Kindergarten & First Grade Entrance Age
Placement & Attendance
Course & Educational Program Placement
Special Education Services
Placement Flexibility
Absence Related to Deployment Activities
Eligibility
Eligibility for Student Enrollment
Eligibility for Extracurricular Participation
Graduation
Waiving courses required for graduation if similar course work has been completed
Flexibility in accepting state exit or end-of- course exams, national achievement tests, or alternative testing in lieu of testing requirements for graduation in the receiving state
Allowing a student to receive a diploma from the sending school instead of the receiving school
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