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 123STA T . 22 96PUBLIC LA W 111 –84—O CT. 28 , 2 0 09 (C)prio ri tyf or a tt end an c etoc h i l dren of m em b er s of the A rmed F orces ass u min g the school district accepts transfer students ( D ) the ability of students to continue their course placement , including but not limited to H onors, I nter - national B accalaureate, Ad v anced P lacement, vocational, technical, and career path w ays courses; ( E ) the recalculation of grades to consider the weights offered by a receiving school for the same performance in the same course when a student transfers from one grading system to another system (for e x ample, number- based system to letter-based system); (F) the waiver of specific courses re q uired for gradua- tion if similar course wor k has been satisfactorily completed in another local education agency or the provision of an alternative means of acquiring required coursework so that graduation may occur on time; and ( G ) the recognition of an appointed guardian as a custo- dial parent while the child ’ s parent or parents are deployed; and ( 4 ) express strong support for S tates to develop a State Council to provide for the coordination among their agencies of government, local education agencies, and military installa- tions concerning the participation of a State in the Interstate Compact on Educational O pportunity for M ilitary Children .Subti t leE—M i s si ngorD e c e a se dP ersons SEC.541 . AD D IT I ON A LR E QU IRE M ENTS F OR ACCOUNTIN G FOR MEM -B ERSOFT H E ARMED FORCES AND DE P ARTMENT OF DEFENSE CI V ILIAN EMPLO Y EES LISTED AS MISSING IN CONFLICTS OCCURRING BEFORE ENACTMENT OF NE W SYSTEM FOR ACCOUNTING FOR MISSING PERSONS. (a) I MPOSIT IO N O F A D DITION ALREQU I R EMENTS. — Section 1509 of title 10, U nited States Code, is amended to read as follows

‘ §1509.Prog r amt or es o lv e p ree n a c tment m i ssing person cases ‘ ‘(a) PRO G RAM REQUIRED; CO V ERED CONFLI C TS.— T he Secretary of Defense shall implement a comprehensive, coordinated, integrated, and fully resourced program to account for persons described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of section 151 3 (1) of this title who are unaccounted for from the following conflicts: ‘‘(1) W orld War II during the period beginning on December 7, 1941, and ending on December 31, 194 6, including members of the armed forces who were lost during flight operations in the Pacific theater of operations covered by section 576 of the N ational Defense Authori z ation Act for Fiscal Y ear 2 000 (Public L aw 106 – 65; 10 U.S.C. 1501 note). ‘‘(2) The Cold War during the period beginning on Sep- tember 2, 1945, and ending on August 21, 1991. ‘‘(3) The K orean War during the period beginning on J une 27, 1950, and ending on January 31, 1955. ‘‘(4) The Indochina War era during the period beginning on July 8, 1959, and ending on May 15, 1975.