§ 923. — Tuitionpaying students.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC923]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 25A--OVERSEAS DEFENSE DEPENDENTS' EDUCATION
Sec. 923. Tuition-paying students
(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
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.
(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).
(Pub. L. 95-561, title XIV, Sec. 1404, Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2366; Pub.
L. 99-145, title XII, Sec. 1205, Nov. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 721; Pub. L.
101-189, div. A, title III, Sec. 325(b), Nov. 29, 1989, 103 Stat. 1415.)
Amendments
1989--Subsec. (d)(1)(A). Pub. L. 101-189 substituted ``(other than
civilian officers and employees who are sponsors under section 932(2) of
this title)'' for ``(including employees of nonappropriated fund
activities of the Department of Defense)''.
1985--Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 99-145 added subsec. (d).
Effective Date of 1989 Amendment
Section 325(c) of Pub. L. 101-189 provided that: ``The amendments
made by this section [amending this section and section 932 of this
title] shall apply with respect to periods of enrollment in schools of
the defense dependents' education system beginning after September 30,
1989.''
