{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-49-1101.15","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 49-1101.15","heading":"Local agency participation.","body":"(a)\nEach member state shall, through the creation of a State Council or use of an existing body or board, provide for the coordination among its agencies of government, local education agencies, and military installations concerning the state’s participation in, and compliance with, this compact and Interstate Commission activities.\n\n(b)\nEach member state may determine the membership of its own State Council; provided, that its membership includes:\n(1)\nThe State Superintendent of Education;\n(2)\nA representative from a military installation;\n(3)\nOne representative each from the legislative and executive branches of government; and\n(4)\nRepresentatives of other offices and stakeholder groups the State Council considers appropriate.\n\n(c)\nA member state that does not have a school district considered to contain a high concentration of military children may appoint a superintendent from another school district to represent local education agencies on the State Council.\n\n(d)\nThe State Council of each member state shall appoint or designate a military family education liaison to assist military families and the state in facilitating the implementation of this compact.\n\n(e)\nThe compact commissioner responsible for the administration and management of the state’s participation in the compact, in the case of the District of Columbia, shall be appointed by the Mayor, or as otherwise determined by this member state.\n\n(f)\nThe compact commissioner and the appointed or designated military family education liaison shall be ex-officio members of the State Council, unless there is already a full-voting member of the State Council.","path":["Title 49. Military.","Chapter 11. Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/49-1101.15","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"721dda0802bd2db019daf6476acfff2662cf4d1108910e72937dc20cf1b725d2","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-49-1101.14","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-49-1101.16"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}