The American Association of School Administrators (AASA) has released a toolkit on Supporting the Military Child to help school leaders meet the needs of children whose parents are deployed or in transition. Developed with a grant from the Veterans Support Foundation, this free, online resource is available on the AASA website at: www.aasa.org/MilitaryChild.aspx.
The toolkit includes:
- Top 15 things school leaders can do to support military children
- Key facts about the military child
- Facts about Impact Aid, the federal funding available to help school districts handle the cost of educating children from military families
- Facts about the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children, legislation signed by 26 states that aims to ease school-to-school transfers for military children
- A videotaped discussion among school administrators on how schools can support military kids
- A video statement of support from Gen. Craig R. McKinley, chief of the National Guard Bureau
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