2023 New York Laws › EDN - Education › Title 4 - Teachers and Pupils › Article 66 - Interstate Compact on Educational Oppurtunity for Military Children › 3309 - Interstate Commission on Educational Oppurtunity for Military Children.

§  3309. Interstate commission on educational opportunity for military
children. 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 commission shall:
1. Be a body corporate and joint agency of the member states and shall
have all the responsibilities, powers and duties set forth herein.
2.  Consist  of  one  interstate commission voting representative from
each member state who shall be that state's compact commissioner.
(a) Each member state represented  at  a  meeting  of  the  interstate
commission is entitled to one vote.
(b)  A  majority  of the total member states shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business, unless a larger quorum is  required  by
the bylaws of the interstate commission.
(c)  A  representative  shall  not  delegate  a vote to another member
state.  In the event the compact commissioner  is  unable  to  attend  a
meeting  of the interstate commission, the governor or state council may
delegate voting authority to another  person  from  their  state  for  a
specified meeting.
(d)  The  bylaws may provide for meetings of the interstate commission
to be conducted by telecommunication or electronic communication.
3. Consist of ex-officio, non-voting representatives who  are  members
of  interested organizations. Such ex-officio members, as defined in the
bylaws, may include but not be limited to, members of the representative
organizations of military family  advocates,  local  educational  agency
officials,  parent  and  teacher groups, the United States department of
defense,  the  education  commission  of  the  states,  the   interstate
agreement  on  the  qualification  of  educational  personnel  and other
interstate compacts affecting the  education  of  children  of  military
members.
4.  Meet  at  least  once each calendar year. The chairperson may call
additional meetings and, upon the request of a simple  majority  of  the
member states, shall call additional meetings.
5.  Establish  an executive committee, whose members shall include the
officers of the interstate commission and  such  other  members  of  the
interstate  commission  as  determined  by  the  bylaws.  Members of the
executive committee  shall  serve  a  one  year  term.  Members  of  the
executive  committee  shall  be entitled to one vote each. The executive
committee shall have the power  to  act  on  behalf  of  the  interstate
commission,  with  the  exception of rulemaking, during periods when the
interstate commission is not in session. The executive  committee  shall
oversee  the  day-to-day activities of the administration of the compact
including enforcement and compliance with the provisions of the compact,
its bylaws and rules, and other such duties  as  deemed  necessary.  The
United  States  department  of  defense,  shall  serve as an ex-officio,
non-voting member of the executive committee.
6.  Establish  bylaws  and  rules  that  provide  for  conditions  and
procedures   under  which  the  interstate  commission  shall  make  its
information and official records available to the public for  inspection
or  copying.  The  interstate  commission  may  exempt  from  disclosure
information or official records  to  the  extent  they  would  adversely
affect personal privacy rights or proprietary interests.
7.  Give  public notice of all meetings and all meetings shall be open
to the public, except as set forth in the rules or as otherwise provided
in the compact. The interstate commission and its committees may close a
meeting, or portion thereof, where it determines by two-thirds vote that
an open meeting would be likely to:
(a) Relate solely to the interstate  commission's  internal  personnel
practices and procedures;
(b)  Disclose matters specifically exempted from disclosure by federal
and state statute;
(c) Disclose trade secrets  or  commercial  or  financial  information
which is privileged or confidential;
(d)  Involve  accusing  a  person  of a crime, or formally censuring a
person;
(e) Disclose information of a personal nature where  disclosure  would
constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy;
(f)  Disclose  investigative  records  compiled  for  law  enforcement
purposes; or
(g) Specifically relate to the interstate  commission's  participation
in a civil action or other legal proceeding.
8. Shall cause its legal counsel or designee to certify that a meeting
may be closed and shall reference each relevant exemptible provision for
any  meeting,  or portion of a meeting, which is closed pursuant to this
provision. The interstate commission  shall  keep  minutes  which  shall
fully  and clearly describe all matters discussed in a meeting and shall
provide a full and accurate summary of actions taken,  and  the  reasons
therefor,  including a description of the views expressed and the record
of a roll call vote. All documents  considered  in  connection  with  an
action shall be identified in such minutes. All minutes and documents of
a  closed  meeting  shall  remain  under  seal,  subject to release by a
majority vote of the interstate commission.
9.  Shall  collect  standardized  data  concerning   the   educational
transition  of  the  children of military families under this compact as
directed through its rules which shall specify the data to be collected,
the means of collection and data exchange  and  reporting  requirements.
Such methods of data collection, exchange and reporting shall, in so far
as  is reasonably possible, conform to current technology and coordinate
its information functions with the appropriate custodian of  records  as
identified in the bylaws and rules, and shall in all cases be consistent
with all applicable privacy laws.
10.  Shall create a process that permits military officials, education
officials and parents to inform the interstate commission  if  and  when
there  are alleged violations of the compact or its rules or when issues
subject to the  jurisdiction  of  the  compact  or  its  rules  are  not
addressed  by  the state or local educational agency. This section shall
not be construed to  create  a  private  right  of  action  against  the
interstate commission or any member state.