I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8342 
To require the development of recommendations to improve and fully 
implement the Military Interstate Children’s Compact, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 12, 2022 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Armed Services, and in addition to the Com-
mittee on Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently deter-
mined by the Speaker, 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 
Compact, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Interstate 
Children’s Compact Commission Improvement Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF 
THE 
MILITARY 
INTERSTATE 
CHILDREN’S 
COMPACT. 
(a) RECOMMENDATIONS
REQUIRED.—The Secre-
taries concerned, in consultation with States through the 
Defense-State Liaison Office, shall develop recommenda-
tions to improve and fully implement the Military Inter-
state Children’s Compact. 
(b) CONSIDERATIONS.—In carrying out subsection 
(a), the Secretaries concerned shall— 
(1) identify any barriers— 
(A) to the ability of a parent of a transfer-
ring military-connected child to enroll the child, 
in advance, in an elementary or secondary 
school in the State in which the child is trans-
ferring, without requiring the parent or child to 
be physically present in the State; and 
(B) to the ability of a transferring mili-
tary-connected child who receives special edu-
cation 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 Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.); 
(2) consider the feasibility and advisability of— 
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(A) tracking and reporting the number of 
families who use advanced enrollment in States 
that offer advanced enrollment to military-con-
nected children; 
(B) States clarifying in legislation that eli-
gibility for advanced enrollment requires only 
written evidence of a permanent change of sta-
tion order, and does not require a parent of a 
military-connected child to produce a rental 
agreement or mortgage statement; and 
(C) the Secretary of Defense, in coordina-
tion with the Military Interstate Children’s 
Compact, developing a letter or other memo-
randum that military families may present to 
local educational agencies that outlines the pro-
tections afforded to military-connected children 
by the Military Interstate Children’s Compact; 
and 
(3) identify any other actions that may be 
taken by the States (acting together or separately) 
to improve the Military Interstate Children’s Com-
pact. 
(c) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretaries 
concerned shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
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(A) is serving on active duty in the armed 
forces; 
(B) is changing duty locations due to a 
permanent change of station order; and 
(C) has not yet established an ongoing 
physical presence in the State to which the par-
ent is transferring. 
(5) The term ‘‘Military Interstate Children’s 
Compact’’ means the Interstate Compact on Edu-
cational Opportunity for Military Children as de-
scribed in Department of Defense Instruction 
1342.29, dated January 31, 2017 (or any successor 
to such instruction). 
(6) The term ‘‘Secretary concerned’’ means— 
(A) the Secretary of Defense, with respect 
to matters concerning the Department of De-
fense; and 
(B) the Secretary of the department in 
which the Coast Guard is operating, with re-
spect to matters concerning the Coast Guard 
when it is not operating as a service in the De-
partment of the Navy. 
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