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Title 16 : Education
Chapter 019 : Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
(Cite as: 16 V.S.A. § 806e)-
§ 806e. Eligibility — Article VI
A. Eligibility for enrollment.
1. Special power of attorney, relative to the guardianship of a child of a military family and executed under applicable law shall be sufficient for the purposes of enrollment and all other actions requiring parental participation and consent.
2. A local education agency shall be prohibited from charging local tuition to a transitioning military child placed in the care of a noncustodial parent or other person standing in loco parentis who lives in a jurisdiction other than that of the custodial parent.
3. A transitioning military child, placed in the care of a noncustodial parent or other person standing in loco parentis who lives in a jurisdiction other than that of the custodial parent, may continue to attend the school in which he or she was enrolled while residing with the custodial parent.
B. Eligibility for extracurricular participation — State and local education agencies shall facilitate the opportunity for transitioning military children’s inclusion in extracurricular activities, regardless of application deadlines, to the extent they are otherwise qualified. (Added 2011, No. 43, § 1.)
