[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 4, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 9754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5253]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary


Class Tuition Waiver for Children of Foreign Personnel Assigned 
to Partnership for Peace

AGENCY: DoD, DoDDS.

ACTION: Notice.

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    The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Force Management Policy 
(ASD(FMP)) issued a memorandum dated July 9, 1995, establishing a class 
tuition waiver for the space available enrollment of Partnership for 
Peace (PFP) dependents at the SHAPE International School (SIS) and the 
Brussels American School (BAS). On January 16, 1997, the ASD(FMP) 
signed a memorandum that supersedes the 1995 memorandum.
    Effective immediately enrollment in the SIS and the BAS on a space-
available, tuition-free basis is designated through the end of school 
year 1997-98, for the dependents of military and diplomatic personnel 
participating in the PFP Program in Belgium who meet the following 
criteria: The sponsor must be identified and recommended to the 
Brussels District Superintendent as eligible under the waiver by the 
U.S. National Military Representative (USNMR) to the Supreme 
Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe (SHAPE) for PFP sponsors assigned to 
the Partnership Coordination Cell, Mons, or other North Atlantic Treaty 
Organization (NATO) activities in the SHAPE area; or by the Defense 
Advisor to the U.S. Mission to the NATO for PFP sponsors stationed at 
NATO Headquarters or other NATO activities in the Brussels area. To be 
eligible, a PFP sponsor must be assigned specifically for the purposes 
of performing representational functions within the PFP Program, and 
the sponsor's principal ``place of duty'' must be a PFP office at NATO 
command or headquarters in either Mons or Brussels, Belgium.
    Notwithstanding the above criteria, children enrolled for school 
year (SY) 1996-97 pursuant to the June 9, 1995 memorandum, will be 
enrolled, space-available, tuition-free, through the end of SY 1996-97. 
Thereafter, to remain eligible, those students and all other PFP 
students who request enrollment, must meet the above criteria. 
Commencing with SY 1997-98, enrollment preference will be extended to 
students who were previously enrolled, in the order in which they 
registered. All eligible students will be screened to determine the 
appropriate educational program. Enrollment is contingent upon the 
availability of space. Tuition is waived only for so long as a student 
remains eligible under the terms of this memorandum. Students must be 
disenrolled upon the loss of eligibility, unless space is available to 
enroll them as tuition-paying students and they pay tuition in 
accordance with DoD Directive 1342.13.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of DoD Directive 1342.13, 
``Eligibility Requirements for Education of Minor Dependents in 
Overseas Area,'' are available, at cost, from the National Technical 
Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22161. 
Questions can be addressed to the Department of Defense Education 
Activity, Attention: Mr. Robert Terzian, 4040 North Fairfax Drive, 
Arlington, VA 22203-1635.

    Dated: February 27, 1997.
L.M. Bynum,
Alternate OSD Federal Register Officer, Department of Defense.
[FR Doc. 97-5253 Filed 3-3-97; 8:45 am]
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