School Away from Post

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School Away from Post

• Boarding Schools

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Adequate School

• Major criterion of adequacy is whether a child
  of normal ability, upon completion of a grade, or
  its equivalent, can enter the next higher grade
  in a public school in the United States, or an
  American institution of higher learning
• The Department of State/Office of Overseas
  Schools determines adequacy of a school
• Adequate schools are referred to as base
  schools
• The base schools are typically the schools by
  which the education allowance rates are
  established

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Definition Adequate School

• An elementary school (kindergarten and grades 1-8
  or equivalent), or
• A secondary school (grades 9-12 or equivalent),
• Does not require mandatory denominational
  religious instruction, and
• Provides an educational curriculum and services
  comparable to those normally provided without
  charge in public schools in the CONUS.

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Inadequate Schools

• The following is a list of locations in the
  western hemisphere where all or some grade levels
  have been deemed inadequate, thus establishing
  an away-from-post education allowance rate

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School Away From Post Education Allowance Rate

• When a local school is deemed to be inadequate, a
  higher educational allowance rate is established
  to assist with the cost of attending a school
  away from post.
• Away From Post Education Allowance rate based on
  
• Average tuition, room/board, and annual fees
  charged by 22 (stateside and foreign) boarding
  schools, plus
• Estimated costs for three round-trips between
  post location and two stateside hubs, plus
• Estimated costs for local per diem related
  transportation expenses during authorized travel
  between post location and boarding school
  location (taxi, shuttle, etc.)

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Placement Status

• As per DoDEA Policy Memorandum dated July 11,
  2006, the DoD managed London Central High School
  Dormitory closed June 2007.
• If schools for grades 9-12 in your location have
  been deemed inadequate by the Office of
  Overseas Schools and a parent wishes to exercise
  their option of away from post schooling for
  their dependent(s), please have them contact me
  directly.

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Allowable Expenses

• Basic tuition for required courses
• Room and Board
• Necessary elective courses offered by the school
  which would be required by public schools in the
  U.S.
• Books and supplies required by the school but
  normally provided free of charge in public
  schools in the U.S.
• Lab Fees (Science lab, Library, Computer lab,
  etc.)
• Annual Registration, Matriculation, building or
  development fee
• Mandatory school-directed testing
• Three round-trips per school year
• One-way from post to school at the start of the
  school year
• Round-trip for winter break
• Round-trip for spring break
• One-way from school to post at the end of the
  school year

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Non-Allowable Expenses

• The NDSP may not provide funding for personal
  expense costs to include, but not limited to the
  following
• Clothing/Uniforms/Athletic Equipment
• Laundry
• Materials (paper, pens, markers, crayons, etc.
  normally required to be provided by parents in a
  U.S. public school)
• Student Accident or Health Insurance
• Special Courses (not part of the curriculum of
  comparable tax-supported schools in U.S. with the
  exception of host-nation cultural programs)
• Private Tutoring
• School or Classroom Decorations and/or Parties
• Locker Fees
• Yearbook Fees
• Musical Instruments

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Non-Allowable Expenses (contd)

• Deposits and/or Refundable Payments
• Parent, Teacher Association (PTA/PTO) Fees
• Graduation Caps/Gown, Pictures, Banquets, Class
  Rings or Senior Class Fees
• Elective Courses (not part of the regular
  curriculum for dance, gymnastics, horseback
  riding, sports or other specialized instruction)
• Field Trips (not part of curriculum or comparable
  tax-supported school program in U.S. and when
  transportation/entrance fees exceed DSSR)
• Parent- or Student-Directed Educational Testing

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