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Council and chapter members are working to pass legislation that
would remove some of the administrative hurdles military families face
when they move to another state and their children transfer schools.
H
elping to pass initiatives ing closely with national MOAA’s station move, and it’s one more stress
like the Interstate Compact Council and Chapter Affairs Depart- servicemembers and their families can
on Educational Opportunity ment and Joy Dunlap, deputy director do without as deployments continue
for Military Children is an example of military family issues for MOAA’s in the war on terrorism.
of why MOAA’s councils and chap- Government Relations Department. In this department’s main story,
ters are important to the association. Dunlap acts as a connector, linking “Lobbying for Military Children,” read
This legislation requires implemen- council and chapter members with about what MOAA chapter members
tation nationwide — but it has to be DoD state liaisons who are working are doing to make a difference.
passed at the state level. National this issue in their respective regions. — Col. Lee Lange II, USMC-Ret.
MOAA doesn’t have the resources The Council and Chapter Affairs De- Director, Council and Chapter Affairs
to work regularly on state-level is- partment helps her by getting time-
sues; we count on the association’s sensitive information to leaders in our
councils and chapter affi liates to do council and chapter system who know Lobbying
that. MOAA looks to its council and how to move state legislation. It’s been
chapter members — as we have on a terrifi c partnership, but we’re only for Military
halfway there. At press time, 25 states
have joined the interstate compact. Children
Now, MOAA is looking to its coun-
cils in states that don’t have large
numbers of military children to join
the fi ght and lobby to get the legisla- M
aj. Gen. Robert M.
Worley II, USAF, and his
wife, Lori, know all too
tion passed. We’re also looking to our well about the challenges military
councils in states like Arkansas, which children face when they transfer
passed legislation that will ease school schools following a government-
transitions for military children but ordered move. After one reassign-
stopped just short of passing the com- ment, their son, Creighton, had to
pact, to renew their lobbying efforts. attend a private school to graduate
School-transition challenges do on time because the public school
not directly affect most of MOAA’s system refused to accept all of his
important national legislative issues chapter members, but council and previous school credits.
— to drum up the grassroots support chapter members are working the Because of frequent permanent-
needed to get the compact passed. issue anyway. It affects every military change-of-station (PCS) moves,
Throughout this process, council family with school-age children that their daughter, Grace, was forced to
and chapter leaders have been work- have made a permanent-change-of- attend summer school three years in
a row. Now a high school senior, she
*
ON THE ROAD: This month, Col. Barry Wright, USA-Ret., deputy di-
is being homeschooled.
rector of MOAA’s Council and Chapter Affairs, will visit chapter members
Lt. Col. Don Lamoureux, USA,
in California. Go to MOAA Calendar, page 88, for dates.
and his wife, Laura, decided to
separate geographically because of
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