D.
POLICY
1. It is the policy of the Department of Defense:
a. That, while overseas, DoD dependent students may be enrolled in DoD dependents
schools or approved non-DoD dependents schools, or may take correspondence courses at U.S.
Government expense, under the conditions prescribed in section E., below.
b. To allow the enrollment of other minor dependents in DoD dependents schools,
provided that space is available and that tuition is paid.
2. DoD Instruction 1342.12 (reference (d)) provides guidance concerning the education of
handicapped children.
E.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Students may be enrolled in the DoD dependents schools pursuant to subsections E.1.
through E.4., below, and in that priority, and pursuant to subsection E.5., below.
1. Space-Required, Tuition-Free
a. Command-sponsored DoD dependent students shall, upon the request of their DoD
sponsor, be enrolled in DoD dependents schools on a space-required, tuition-free basis. However,
costs for the education of minor dependents of DoD sponsors working for the DoD Security
Assistance Program shall be paid from DoD Security Assistance Program funds.
b. If, as determined by the Director, DoD Dependents Schools (DoDDS), or designee,
no DoD dependents school is available within the commuting area, command-sponsored DoD
dependent students are eligible for education in approved non-DoD dependents schools at U.S.
Government expense, usually in that same foreign country, or in DoD dependents schools with
dormitories, or through correspondence courses at U.S. Government expense.
c. DoD dependent students may be provided education in approved non-DoD
dependents schools or may receive correspondence courses at U.S. Government expense only at
locations where DoD dependents schools are not available or are operating at maximum capacity.
Only those non-DoD dependents schools with programs considered satisfactory by the Director.
DoDDs, or designees, shall be approved to provide education at U.S. Government expense to DoD
dependent students. In all cases, the payment of tuition in approved non-DoD dependents schools
by the U.S. Government is limited to those DoD dependent students who are authorized
transportation at U.S. Government expense to or from an overseas area, if their DoD sponsor is
military, and to those DoD dependent students whose DoD sponsor, if civilian, is eligible for a
living quarters allowance, as authorized by the Department of State Standardized Regulations
(reference (e)) and DoD 1400.25-M (reference (f)).
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