20 U.S.C. § 926 : US Code - Section 926: School system for dependents in overseas areas

Search 20 U.S.C. § 926 : US Code - Section 926: School system for dependents in overseas areas

(a) Establishment and operation
The Secretary of Defense shall establish and operate a school
system for dependents in overseas areas as part of the defense
dependents' education system.
(b) Tuition and assistance when schools unavailable
(1) Under such circumstances as the Secretary of Defense may
prescribe in regulations, the Secretary may provide tuition to
allow dependents in an overseas area where a school operated by the
Secretary is not reasonably available to attend schools other than
schools established under subsection (a) of this section on a
tuition-free basis. Any school to which tuition is paid under this
subsection to allow a dependent in an overseas area to attend such
school shall provide an educational program satisfactory to the
Secretary.
(2)(A) The Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Homeland
Security with respect to the Coast Guard when it is not operating
as a service of the Navy, may provide financial assistance to
sponsors of dependents in overseas areas where schools operated by
the Secretary of Defense under subsection (a) of this section are
not reasonably available in order to assist the sponsors to defray
the costs incurred by the sponsors for the attendance of the
dependents at schools in such areas other than schools operated by
the Secretary of Defense.
(B) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall each prescribe regulations relating to the
availability of financial assistance under subparagraph (A). Such
regulations shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be consistent
with Department of State regulations relating to the availability
of financial assistance for the education of dependents of
Department of State personnel overseas.
(c) Continuation of enrollment for certain dependents of members of
Armed Forces involuntarily separated
(1) A member of the Armed Forces serving on active duty on
September 30, 1990, who is involuntarily separated during the
period beginning on October 1, 1990, and ending on December 31,
2001, and who has a dependent described in paragraph (2) who is
enrolled in a school of the defense dependents' education system
(or a school for which tuition is provided under subsection (b) of
this section) on the date of that separation shall be eligible to
enroll or continue the enrollment of that dependent at that school
(or another school serving the same community) for the final year
of secondary education of that dependent in the same manner as if
the member were still on active duty.
(2) A dependent referred to in paragraph (1) is a dependent who
on the date of the separation of the member has completed the
eleventh grade and is likely to complete secondary education within
the one-year period beginning on that date.
(d) Auxiliary services available to home school students
(1) A dependent who is educated in a home school setting, but who
is eligible to enroll in a school of the defense dependents'
education system, shall be permitted to use or receive auxiliary
services of that school without being required to either enroll in
that school or register for a minimum number of courses offered by
that school. The dependent may be required to satisfy other
eligibility requirements and comply with standards of conduct
applicable to students actually enrolled in that school who use or
receive the same auxiliary services.
(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the term "auxiliary services"
includes use of academic resources, access to the library of the
school, after hours use of school facilities, and participation in
music, sports, and other extracurricular and interscholastic
activities.