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Service member students can continue to take distance education courses in the state in which they are assigned, even when their educational institution is not licensed in that state, when the two states at issue enter into a reciprocal agreement.

Summary

Service members may lose substantial academic credit if they are transferred to states where there is no agreement allowing them to continue taking distance education courses from their out-of-state institution.

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Service member students can continue to take distance education courses in the state in which they are assigned, even when their educational institution is not licensed in that state, when the two states at issue enter into a reciprocal agreement.

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