Section 6. (a) To facilitate the on-time graduation of children of military families, local education agency administrative officials shall waive specific courses required for graduation if similar course work has been satisfactorily completed in another local education agency or shall provide reasonable justification for denial. Should a waiver not be granted to a student who would otherwise qualify to graduate from the sending school, the local education agency shall provide an alternative means of acquiring required coursework so that graduation may occur on time.
(b) To facilitate the on-time graduation of children of military families, receiving states may accept exit or end-of-course exams required for graduation from the sending state or national norm-referenced achievement tests or alternative testing, in lieu of testing requirements for graduation in the receiving state; require the student to take scheduled exit test in the receiving state, if the student is able to take the tests prior to the end of grade 12; or accept evidence or information from the sending or receiving district that demonstrates that the student has met the receiving state's graduation standard, either through a transcript of courses taken and grades received from the sending and or receiving district; a portfolio of work samples for the student that addresses the required high school standards; standardized norm-referenced test results in the subject required by the receiving state for graduation; or other relevant information.
(c) To facilitate the on-time graduation of children of military families, should a military student transferring at the beginning or during grade 12 be ineligible to graduate from the receiving local education agency after all alternatives in subsection (b) have been considered, the sending and receiving local education agencies shall ensure the receipt of a diploma from the sending local education agency if the student meets the graduation requirements of the sending local education agency. In the event that either the transferring or receiving state is not a member of this compact, the member state shall use best efforts to facilitate the on-time graduation of the student under subsections (a) and (b).
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 15e - Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
Section 3 - Educational Records and Enrollment
Section 4 - Placement and Attendance
Section 7 - State Coordination
Section 8 - Interstate Commission on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
Section 9 - Powers and Duties of the Interstate Commission
Section 10 - Organization and Operation of the Interstate Commission
Section 11 - Rulemaking Functions of the Interstate Commission
Section 12 - Oversight, Enforcement and Dispute Resolution
Section 13 - Financing of the Interstate Commission
Section 14 - Member States, Effective Date and Amendment
Section 15 - Withdrawal From Compact
Section 16 - Dissolution of Compact
Section 17 - Severability and Construction