Friday, February 19, 2010

Nationwide Education Compact Benefits Military Children | KPBS.org

Nationwide Education Compact Benefits Military Children| KPBS.org:

"Rear Admiral William French, the commander of Navy Region Southwest, and Marine Corp General Anthony L. Jackson held a press conference today to highlight new legislation. AB 343 removes obstacles that affected children in military families.

More than 60,000 students in California schools are children of military families. Their parents often move frequently from one military base to another. But moving from school to school, sometimes in different states, can set back their education and make it harder to qualify for college.

State Assemblywoman Lori Saldana sponsored a bill in California as part of a nationwide initiative to make it easier for military kids to transfer from a school in one state to a school in another."