[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 202 (Wednesday, October 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62336-62337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26676]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


DoD Dependent Schools; Eligibility Requirements

AGENCY: DoD, DoDDS.

ACTION: Notice.

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    On August 17, 2000, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force 
Management Policy (ASD(FMP)), signed a memorandum to change Department 
of Defense (DoD) Directive 1342.13, ``Eligibility Requirements for 
Education of Minor Dependents in Overseas Areas,'' dated July 8, 1982. 
The change provides financial assistance for the education of certain 
Defense dependents overseas in ares in which the Department of Defense 
Dependents Schools (DoDDS) does not operate a school. Sponsors must 
obtain approval for the allowance from the cognizant DoDDS approval 
authority prior to incurring any expense, with the amount of the 
educational allowance normally not to exceed the ``at post'' rate 
authorized by the Department of State Standardized Regulations (DSSR) 
(Government Civilians in Foreign Areas), Sections 031.1 and 277.1, for 
the overseas location to which the DoD sponsor is assigned. No 
allowance will be provided to defray the educational expenses of 
dependents of eligible sponsors stationed in overseas areas where 
local, tax-supported schools provide an educational program in the 
English language. In such instances, sponsors are expected either to 
send their dependents to local public schools or to be personally 
responsible for their private school tuition. The only exception to 
this policy will be for those dependents whose DoD sponsors are either 
assigned to a Department of State Activity or independently assigned as 
an exchange officer to a host nation program. In these cases, the DoD 
sponsor will be afforded the same educational allowance provided to 
Department of State employees, or to members of the host nation program 
to which the DoD sponsor is assigned or attached, up to the published 
DSSR rate.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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    DoD Directive 1342.13, ``Eligibility Requirements for Education of 
Minor Dependents in Overseas Areas,'' dated July 2, 1982, is published 
at 32 CFR part 71 and copies are available, at cost, from the National 
Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, 
Virginia 22161, or the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) 
web site: www.odedodea.edu. Questions can be addressed to the 
Department of Defense Education Activity, Attention: Ms. Gail Terres, 
4040 North Fairfax Drive, Arlington, VA 22203-1635.

    Dated: October 12, 2000.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 00-26676 Filed 10-17-00; 8:45 am]
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