State Advisory Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children

The State Advisory Council on Educational Opportunity for Military Children was established in 2021 by the 87th Texas Legislature in Texas Education Code §162.006. The purpose of the State Advisory Council is to provide for coordination among state agencies, school districts, and military installations concerning the state’s participation in and compliance with the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children (Texas Education Code, Chapter 162). The State Advisory Council will play an important role in helping disseminate information regarding the Military Compact and identifying topics and issues of interest to military-connected parents and students and the districts and schools that serve them. 

Meetings

State Advisory Council meetings will take place via video conference. To view recordings of past meetings, go to the TEA YouTube page.

Click on the date of a past meeting for the agenda and meeting minutes.

Upcoming Meetings

• April 22, 2024

Recently-held Meetings

• January 22, 2024 (PDF, 174KB)
• October 30, 2023 (PDF, 129KB)
• July 17, 2023 (PDF, 123KB)
• April 24, 2023 (PDF, 158KB)
• January 23, 2023 (PDF, 111KB)
• October 17, 2022 (PDF, 122KB)

Members

Members of the council include the following:

• The commissioner of education or the commissioner’s designee
• A superintendent of a school district with a high concentration of military children designated by the agency 
• The governor or the governor’s designee
• The chair of the senate committee on education or the chair’s designee
• The chair of the house of representatives committee on public education or the chair’s designee
• A representative from each branch of the armed services of the United States that maintains an installation in the state, appointed by each respective branch 
• Representatives of other offices and stakeholder groups the agency deems appropriate

Additionally, the compact commissioner and the military family education liaison shall be ex-officio members of the State Council, unless either is already a full voting member of the state council.

TEA has identified the following additional representatives for the state advisory council:

• TEA’s highly mobile student coordinator
• A military school district superintendent
• A school counselor representative
• Parent representative
• District level administrator (other than superintendent)

• List of 2024 state advisory council members (PDF, 96KB)
• State advisory council operating procedures (PDF, 242KB)

Resources

• Military Interstate Children’s Compact Commission (MIC3)
• Texas Education Code, Chapter 162, Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children 
• Month of the Military Child: MIC3 Purple Up! Toolkit

Contact Information

For questions related to the State Advisory Council on Educational Opportunity please contact:

Sheri Messer
Special Projects Curriculum Specialist, CTE
Texas Education Agency
1701 North Congress Avenue, Austin, TX 78701 
sheri.messer@tea.texas.gov
(512) 463-1775