NY Educ L § 3302 (2021)
2021 New York Laws EDN - Education Title 4 - Teachers and Pupils Article 66 - Interstate Compact on Educational Oppurtunity for Military Children 3302 - Defintions.

§  3302.  Definitions.  As  used  in  this compact, unless the context   clearly requires a different meaning:1. "Active duty" means full-time duty status in the  active  uniformed   service  of  the  United States, including members of the National Guard   and Reserve on active duty orders pursuant to 10  U.S.C.  sections  1209   and 1211.2.  "Children  of  military  families"  means  a  school-aged child or   children,  enrolled  in  kindergarten  through  twelfth  grade,  in  the   household of an active duty member.3.  "Compact  commissioner"  means  the  voting representative of each   compacting state appointed pursuant to section thirty-three hundred nine   of this article.4. "Deployment" means the  period  one  month  prior  to  the  service   members'  departure  from  their home station on military orders through   six months after return to their home station.5. "Education records" or "educational records" means  those  official   records, files, and data directly related to a student and maintained by   the  school  or  local  educational agency, including but not limited to   records encompassing all the material kept in the  student's  cumulative   folder  such  as  general identifying data, records of attendance and of   academic  work  completed,  records  of  achievement  and   results   of   evaluative  tests, health data, disciplinary status, test protocols, and   individualized education programs.6. "Extracurricular activities" means a voluntary  activity  sponsored   by  the school or local educational agency or an organization sanctioned   by the local educational agency. Extracurricular activities include, but   are  not  limited  to,  preparation  for  and  involvement   in   public   performances, contests, athletic competitions, demonstrations, displays,   and club activities.7.  "Interstate  commission  on  educational  opportunity for military   children"  means  the  commission  that   is   created   under   section   thirty-three  hundred  nine of this article, which is generally referred   to in this article as the "interstate commission".8.  "Local  educational  agency"  means  a  public  authority  legally   constituted  by the state as an administrative agency to provide control   of  and  direction  for  kindergarten  through  twelfth   grade   public   educational  institutions. In New York state, a local educational agency   means a public school district located within New York state.9. "Member state" means a state that has enacted this compact.10. "Military installation" means a base, camp, post,  station,  yard,   center,  homeport  facility  for  any  ship, or other activity under the   jurisdiction  of  the  department  of  defense,  including  any   leased   facility,  which  is  located  within  any  of  the  several states, the   District of Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States   Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, the Northern Marianas Islands  and   any  other  United  States  territory.  Such  term  does not include any   facility used primarily for civil works, rivers and harbors projects, or   flood control projects.11. "Non-member state"  means  a  state  that  has  not  enacted  this   compact.12.  "Receiving  state" means the state to which a child of a military   family is sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought.13. "Rule" means a written  statement  by  the  interstate  commission   promulgated  pursuant  to  section  thirty-three  hundred twelve of this   article that is of  general  applicability,  implements,  interprets  or   prescribes  a  policy or provision of the compact, or an organizational,   procedural, or practice requirement of the interstate commission. 14. "Sending state" means the state from which a child of  a  military   family is sent, brought, or caused to be sent or brought.15.  "State"  means  a  state  of  the  United States, the District of   Columbia, the commonwealth of Puerto  Rico,  the  United  States  Virgin   Islands,  Guam,  American  Samoa,  the Northern Marianas Islands and any   other United States territory.16. "Student" means the child of a military family for whom the  local   educational  agency receives public funding and who is formally enrolled   in kindergarten through twelfth grade.17.  "Transition"  means  (a)  the  formal  and  physical  process  of   transferring from school to school as a result of military orders or (b)   the  period  of  time  in  which  a student moves from one school in the   sending state to another school in the receiving state.18. "Uniformed service" or "uniformed services" means the Army,  Navy,   Air  Force,  Marine  Corps,  Space  Force,  Coast  Guard  as well as the   Commissioned   Corps   of   the   National   Oceanic   and   Atmospheric   Administration, and Public Health Services.19.  "Veteran" means a person who served in the uniformed services and   who was discharged or released therefrom  under  conditions  other  than   dishonorable.