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Policy committee recommends update to nonresident attendance rule to match military compact
Summary
The Groton Policy Committee recommended policy p5118 for the Board's first reading after administration explained updates to the Interstate Military Child Compact allowing students affected by military transfers to remain in-district through the school year and complete graduation; staff will make grammatical and notification-language edits before the Board review.
The Groton Board of Education Policy Committee on March 10 recommended that policy p5118 (nonresident attendance) go to the full Board for first reading after administrators explained the policy had to be tweaked to reflect changes to the Interstate Military Child Compact.
Susan (administration) told the committee the compact's updated language removes the prior January cutoff for 11th graders and now allows any student impacted by a military transfer to remain tuition-free for the remainder of the school year; 11th- and…
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