256H.2 - COUNCIL ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR MILITARY CHILDREN.
256H.2 COUNCIL ON EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOR
MILITARY CHILDREN.
1. A council on educational opportunity for military children is
created to provide advice and recommendations regarding this state's
participation in and compliance with the interstate compact on
educational opportunity for military children in accordance with
section 256H.1.
2. The council shall consist of the following seven members:
a. The director of the department of education or the
director's designee.
b. The superintendent, or the superintendent's designee, for
the school district with the highest percentage per capita of
military children during the previous school year.
c. Two members appointed by the governor, one of whom shall
represent a military installation located within this state and one
of whom shall represent the executive branch and possess experience
in assisting military families in obtaining educational services for
their children. The term of each member appointed under this
paragraph shall be for four years, except that, in order to provide
for staggered terms, the governor shall initially appoint one member
to a term of two years and one member to a term of three years.
d. One member appointed jointly by the president of the
senate and the speaker of the house of representatives as provided in
sections 2.32A and 69.16B.
e. The compact commissioner appointed pursuant to section
256H.3 and the military family education liaison appointed in
accordance with subsection 4, shall serve as nonvoting, ex officio
members of the council unless already appointed to the council as
voting members. The compact commissioner and the military family
education liaison shall serve at the pleasure of the governor.
3. Nonlegislative members of the council shall serve without
compensation, but shall receive their actual and necessary expenses
and travel incurred in the performance of their duties. Vacancies on
the commission shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term
in the same manner as the original appointments.
4. The council shall appoint a military family education liaison
pursuant to section 256H.1, article VIII of the interstate compact on
educational opportunity for military children, to assist military
families and the state in facilitating the implementation of this
compact.
5. The council shall comply with the requirements of chapters 21
and 22.
6. The department of education shall provide administrative
support to the council. Section History: Recent Form
2009 Acts, ch 31, §2, 4
Referred to in § 256H.1