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1342.13 (Encl 3)
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATION OF MINOR
DEPENDENTS AND OTHER PERSONS IN THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
A. The "Panama Canal Act of 1979" (reference (k)) authorizes the extension of primary,
secondary, and postsecondary educational services to DoD dependent students and other categories
of dependents. Basic eligibility policy is described in section E. of this Directive. Exceptional
eligibility requirements for education of dependents in the Republic of Panama are addressed
below.
B. Minor dependents may be enrolled in DoD dependents schools or approved non-DoD
dependents schools in the Republic of Panama or may receive correspondence courses at U.S.
Government expense under the conditions and in the priority indicated below.
1. Space Required, Tuition-Free Education and education in Approved Non-DoD Dependents
Schools
In addition to DoD dependent students entitled to receive space-required, tuition-free
education from DoDDS under section E. of this Directive, the following minor dependents in the
Republic of Panama are authorized "space-required, tuition-free" status:
a. Minor dependents of host-nation or third-country citizens employed by the Department
of Defense and paid from appropriated funds, provided that such dependents were enrolled on a
tuition-free basis in schools operated by the former Canal Zone Government on September 30,
1979, as then authorized for residents of the former Canal Zone. This provision applies only for
uninterrupted enrollments.
b. Minor dependents of host-nation or third-country citizen employees transferred to the
Department of Defense on October 1, 1979, and paid from appropriated funds may attend
approved non-DoD dependents schools in the Republic of Panama at U.S. Government expense
when such dependents were enrolled in a non-DoD dependents school under the authority and at
the expense of the former Canal Zone Government/Panama Canal Company on September 30,
1979. This provision applies only for uninterrupted enrollments.
2. Space-Required, Tuition-Paying Education. Dependents not specifically authorized tuition-
free education in subsection B.1.,above, or in section E. of this Directive, when such dependents
were enrolled in schools operated by the former Canal Zone Government on September 30, 1979,
regardless of affiliation or citizenship of sponsors. This provision applies only for uninterrupted
enrollments.
C. Persons may be enrolled in the Panama Canal College under the conditions and in the priority
listed below:
1. Tuition-Paying, DoD-Sponsored Education. All students at the Panama Canal College
attend on a tuition-paying basis. The Department of Defense may assume a portion of the tuition
cost for full-time students who are minor dependents of:
a. Military DoD sponsors who are on active duty and stationed in the Republic of Panama.
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