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1342.13 (Encl 2)
DEFINITIONS
1. Approved Non-DoD Dependents Schools. Schools, including dormitory facilities, other than
DoD dependents schools, that provide suitable education programs, usually on a tuition basis. The
term includes residence facilities operated by approved non-DoD dependents schools to provide
room and board for eligible handicapped dependents when DoD dependents schools cannot provide
an appropriate education.
2. Commuting Area. A designated geographical area surrounding a DoD dependents schools
within which pupil transportation at U.S. Government expense is provided for DoD dependent
students, except for those living within walking distance of the school (See DoD 4500.36-R,
reference (i)).
3. Correspondence Courses. Home or supplemental instruction courses for DoD dependent
students who live in areas where there are no suitable facilities, for handicapped DoD dependents
students who cannot attend school, and for the supplementation of course offerings at DoD
dependents schools or approved non-DoD dependents schools.
4. DoD Dependents Schools. Schools established by the Department of Defense in overseas areas
to provide primary and secondary education for minor dependents of DoD sponsors.
5. DoD Dependents Schools with Dormitories. Residence facilities operated at certain DoDDS
schools, usually at the high school level and primarily but no exclusively to provide room and
board for DoD dependent students who are authorized to accompany their DoD sponsors to
locations where there are no appropriate educational facilities available locally.
6. DoD Dependent Student. A minor dependent who:
a. Is the child, stepchild, adopted child, ward, or spouse of a Dod sponsor, or who is a resident
in the household of a DoD sponsor who stands in loco parentis to such individual and who receives
one-half or more of his or her support from such sponsor; and
b. Has not completed secondary school and who will reach his or her 5th but not 21st birthday
by December 31 of the current school year; or
c. Is handicapped, and is between 3 and 5 years of age by December 31 of the current school
year, provided that the Director, DoDDS, or designee, in his or her sole discretion, determines that
adequate staff and facilities are available to serve such a handicapped child.
7. DoD Sponsor. A Military Service member serving on active duty and stationed overseas or a
civilian employee of the department of Defense who is employed on a full-time basis, paid from
appropriated funds, and stationed overseas, and who is either a U.S. citizen or a person lawfully
accorded the privilege of residing permanently in the United States as an immigrant in accordance
with the United States immigration laws (8 U.S.C. "Aliens and Nationality," reference (j)).
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