The Federal Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 established the MSI. Third is the Military Student Identifier.

The Federal Impact Aid program offsets this lost revenue, but school districts can only apply if enough families disclose their military affiliation, each fall. When you live in military housing, shop at the Exchange, or fill up your gas tank on base, you aren’t paying local taxes or fees, reducing funding for the community’s schools. According to the National Association of Federally Impacted Schools, most public school districts are funded primarily through local taxes and fees. President Truman established the Federal Impact Aid program in 1950 to reimburse school districts for the lost revenue and additional costs associated with nontaxable Federal properties, like a base or a VA facility. That’s…three times more frequently than non-military families.” Teachers who know some of their students in their class are military kids can help ease their transition into the new school. According to the Department of Defense Education Activity, “The average military family will move six to nine times during a school career.

Military students are considered “highly mobile,” meaning they move every few years. They want to understand the children, so they can support them better.

Most are genuinely concerned about their students. It turns out I was WRONG! There are at least three reasons why schools ask for military affiliation.įirst, teachers want to know. It doesn’t matter where we live, they always want to know … during registration, enrollment, and mid-semester! Why do they care? Why does it matter? Should I tell them? For the longest time, I answered “No,” because I figured it was none of their business. Every year my kid’s school asks me – multiple times – if we are military.

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