§ 657. — Dependent school children.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 14USC657]
TITLE 14--COAST GUARD
PART I--REGULAR COAST GUARD
CHAPTER 17--ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 657. Dependent school children
(a) Except as otherwise authorized by the Act of September 30, 1950
\1\ (20 U.S.C. 236-244), the Secretary may provide, out of funds
appropriated to or for the use of the Coast Guard, for the primary and
secondary schooling of dependents of Coast Guard personnel stationed
outside the continental United States at costs for any given area not in
excess of those of the Department of Defense for the same area, when it
is determined by the Secretary that the schools, if any, available in
the locality are unable to provide adequately for the education of those
dependents.
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\1\ See References in Text note below.
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(b) Whenever the Secretary, under such regulations as he may
prescribe, determines that schools located in the same area in which a
Coast Guard facility is located are not accessible by public means of
transportation on a regular basis, he may provide, out of funds
appropriated to or for the use of the Coast Guard, for the
transportation of dependents of Coast Guard personnel between the
schools serving the area and the Coast Guard facility.
(Added Pub. L. 91-278, Sec. 1(14), June 12, 1970, 84 Stat. 306; amended
Pub. L. 93-430, Sec. 5, Oct. 1, 1974, 88 Stat. 1182.)
References in Text
Act of September 30, 1950, referred to in subsec. (a), is act Sept.
30, 1950, ch. 1124, 64 Stat. 1100, as amended, known as the Educational
Agencies Financial Aid Act, which was classified generally to chapter 13
(Sec. 236 et seq.) of Title 20, Education, prior to repeal by Pub. L.
103-382, title III, Sec. 331(b), Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3965.
Amendments
1974--Pub. L. 93-430 struck out ``; transportation of'' after
``children'' in section catchline, designated existing provisions as
subsec. (b), and added subsec. (a).
