The Need for Changes to U.S. Code Title 20, Education Impact Aid, in Order to Improve Education Opportunities for Military-Connected Children
Abstract
Most military-connected children are educated in local education agencies (LEA)s near a military installation and not in a DoD school on the installation. The Impact Aid program was created to provide funding to LEAs that educate military-connected children. There are several low achieving LEAs near military bases, which reduces family readiness for that installation. One option to improve education on or near bases is to build a charter school on the base; however, the biggest limit to creating a charter school is the building. Impact Aid funding is not sufficient to cover the construction of a charter school building on a military base. This study seeks to highlight that improvements in education for military-connected children are needed, the Impact Aid program needs changes in order to help military-connected children, and how it can be changed to fully fund creation of charter school buildings on bases in order to improve the education of military-connected children and facilitate military family readiness. Education opportunities for military connected children in low achieving LEAs need to be improved by changing U.S. code Title 20 section VII governing Education Impact Aid. A competitive category needs to be added to section 7007(b) that allows LEAs to build new schools on military installations in order to facilitate creating charter schools on military bases.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 06, 2020
- Accession Number
- AD1177458
Entities
People
- Brett W Black
Organizations
- Marine Corps University