School Liaison Officers

General Description

The vision of the School Liaison Program is to coordinate and assist school aged children of military parents with educational opportunities and information necessary to succeed in an academic environment. School liaison officers also network, educate and work in partnership with local schools to provide caring adults to enhance the education experience.
The mission of the School Liaison is to provide military commanders with the support necessary to coordinate and advise military parents of school-aged children on educational issues and needs and to assist in solving education-related problems.

The goals are to:

• Identify barriers to academic success and develop solutions;
• Promote parental involvement and educate local communities and schools regarding the needs of military children; 
• Develop and coordinate partnerships in education; and
• Provide parents with the tools they need to overcome obstacles to education that stem from the military lifestyle.

The School Liaison Officers will:

• Serves as the primary point of contact for school-related matters.
• Represents, informs, and assists Command.
• Assists military families with school issues.
• Coordinates with local school systems.
• Forges partnerships between the military and schools.

Army

The Army has an active School Liaison Officer program on each of its installations. The Army School Liaison Officers (SLO) serve the Active, National Guard/Army Reserve/ Accessions Commands and geographically dispersed Families within a one hour distance of their installation.

Download the Army School Liason Officer Directory or call Child, Youth and School (CYs) Services.

Marine Corps

School Liaisons (SLs) support transitioning families in obtaining educational information and assistance from local school districts. The USMC SL role is very comprehensive and is adapted at each installation according to the needs of the community.

Download the Marine Corps School Liaisons (SLs) Directory.

Navy

The Navy is implementing K-12 support to military families through Child and Youth Education Services at all major Navy installations. Download the Navy School Liaison Directory or feel free to contact the Officers through the local Child and Youth Programs office, Fleet and Family Support Center.

Air Force

Each Air Force base has a point-of-contact (POC) for local military child education matters. This POC advocates for the educational needs of military children, assists Airmen and families with information and referrals regarding local school districts and other education options including home schooling, private schools, charter schools, and cyber schools, and ensures a communication link with inbound or outbound family members for educational issues.Download the Air Force School Liaison directory here or feel free to call/visit the Airman and Family Readiness Center on any Air Force Installation for more information.

Coast Guard

Family Resource Specialists (FRS) is available at each Health, Safety & Work-Life - Regional Practice to assist Coast Guard Service members and their families with school related issues. Please contact the FRS on your Regional Work-Life staff at 1-800-872-4957 for more information.