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

• San Jose, Costa Rica
• San Salvador, El Salvador
• Port-au-Prince, Haiti
• Tegucigalpa, Honduras
• Kingston, Jamaica
• Asuncion, Paraguay
• Paramaribo, Suriname
• Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

• Andros Island, The Bahamas
• Grand Bahama Island, The Bahamas
• Nassau, The Bahamas
• Barbados
• Belize City, Belize
• Montreal, Canada
• Quebec, Canada
• Bogota, Colombia

As of 9/16/2007
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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.
• DoDEA continues to pursue regulatory authority to
  allow funding of Stateside dormitory placements
  at NDSP expense up to the away from post DSSR
  allowance based on sponsors PCS location.
• In the interim, requests for stateside placements
  will be considered by the Director, DoDEA on a
  case-by-case basis only in extremely extenuating
  circumstances and when requested by the General
  Officer in the sponsors chain of command.
• 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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NDSP-Americas Boarding School Enrollments

• Current Status in SY 2007-08
• St. Stevens School Rome, Italy
• 2 students from Colombia
• CCI The Renaissance School Lanciano, Italy
• 1 student from Barbados
• Country Day School Guanacaste, Costa Rica
• Reviewing adequacy of education program and
  safety/security of facility for DoD dependents
• No current enrollments

The information provided above does not
constitute an endorsement or recommendation by
the DDESS-NDSP institutions are provided as
information only and is meant to assist parents
in their search for viable boarding school
options abroad. List will be updated as new
enrollments and information is shared from Europe
and Pacific NDSP Program Managers.
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European Boarding School Options

• As provided by the DoDDS-Europe NDSP Program
  Manager, the following is a list of dormitories
  which NDSP-Europe has or have had students
  attending at NDSP expense
• ACS Cobham, England
• Leysin American School, Switzerland
• The American School in England
• The American School in Switzerland
• The Kingham School, England

The information provided above does not
constitute an endorsement or recommendation by
the DDESS-NDSP institutions are provided as
information only and is meant to assist parents
in their search for viable boarding school
options abroad. List will be updated as new
enrollments and information is shared from Europe
and Pacific NDSP Program Managers.
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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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