20 U.S.C. § 923 : US Code - Section 923: Space-available enrollment of students; tuition

Search 20 U.S.C. § 923 : US Code - Section 923: Space-available enrollment of students; tuition

(a) Enrollment of ineligible child in system school
Subject to subsection (b) of this section and in accordance with
regulations issued under subsection (c) of this section, the
Director may authorize the enrollment in a school of the defense
dependents' education system of a child not otherwise eligible to
enroll in such a school if and to the extent that there is space
available for such child in the school.
(b) Determination of amount of tuition; use of payments
(1) Except as otherwise provided under subsection (c) of this
section, any child permitted to enroll in a school of the defense
dependents' education system under this section shall be required
to pay tuition at a rate determined by the Secretary of Defense,
which shall not be less than the rate necessary to defray the
average cost of the enrollment of children in the system under this
section.
(2) Amounts received under paragraph (1) shall be available to
the defense dependents' education system to assist in defraying the
cost of enrollment of children in the system under this section.
(c) Regulations respecting enrollment requirements
(1) The Secretary of Defense may by regulation identify classes
of children who shall be eligible to enroll in schools of the
defense dependents' education system under this section if and to
the extent that there is space available, establish priorities
among such classes, waive the tuition requirement of subsection
(b)(1) of this section with respect to any such class, and issue
such other regulations as may be necessary to carry out this
section.
(2)(A) The Secretary shall include in the regulations prescribed
under this subsection a requirement that children in the class of
children described in subparagraph (B) shall be subject to the same
tuition requirements, or waiver of tuition requirements, as
children in the class of children described in subparagraph (C).
(B) The class of children described in this subparagraph are
children of members of reserve components of the Armed Forces who -

(i) are on active duty under an order to active duty under
section 12301 or 12302 of title 10;
(ii) were ordered to active duty from a location in the United
States (other than in Alaska or Hawaii); and
(iii) are serving on active duty outside the United States or
in Alaska or Hawaii.
(C) The class of children described in this subparagraph are
children of members of reserve components of the Armed Forces who -

(i) are on active duty under an order to active duty under
section 12301 or 12302 of title 10;
(ii) were ordered to active duty from a location outside the
United States (or in Alaska or Hawaii); and
(iii) are serving on active duty outside the United States or
in Alaska or Hawaii.
(d) Enrollment of certain children in overseas schools
(1) The Secretary of Defense may authorize the enrollment in
schools of the defense dependents' education system of children in
the following classes:
(A) Children of officers and employees of the United States
(other than civilian officers and employees who are sponsors
under section 932(2) of this title) stationed in overseas areas.
(B) Children of employees of contractors employed in carrying
out work for the United States in overseas areas.
(C) Children of other citizens or nationals of the United
States or of foreign nationals, if the Secretary determines that
enrollment of such children is in the national interest.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary
may not waive the tuition requirements of subsection (b)(1) of this
section with respect to children referred to in paragraph (1).