The coalition is encouraging the Biden administration to:

Improve districts’ ability to track military-connected students: States are required to collect and publish data on the performance of military-connected children in public schools. Because many states are not making this data available, the administration should press states to follow the law so effective policies and or programs can be devised for military children.
Expand support for students with special needs: Families should be allowed to maintain an individualized education plan for up to six months after switching schools. Parents should also be able to approve any IEP changes. The administration can also require states to track special education disputes involving military children.
Encourage states to start Purple Start School programs: These programs certify K-12 schools as friendly to, and familiar with, the unique education and social-emotional needs of military-connected children. The administration can encourage all 50 states to adopt the present; at present, fewer than half the states have such a designation program.
Renew Operation Educate the Educators: The administration should resurrect this Obama administration-era program that prepares new educators for working with military-connected children and developing school cultures that are more supportive of children in military families.

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