Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160:reg:2:p35
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2025C00160
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 2 (pt 35/51)
Character Range: 3405584–3411959

assistance is the rate that applied on the day the costs were incurred.

15.6.6H Cessation of eligibility for early childhood education assistance

   A member ceases to be eligible for early childhood education assistance for a day 3 months after the invoice for that day has being issued.

Division 2: Education assistance for children at the posting location

15.6.7 Member this Division applies to

   This Division applies to a member whose child is 3 years or older and is attending one of the following education institutions at the member's posting location overseas.
   a.                                                                                                                                                                         Pre-school.
   b.                                                                                                                                                                         Primary school.
   c.                                                                                                                                                                         Secondary school.
   d.                                                                                                                                                                         Junior college (or similar institution in the USA).

15.6.8 Initial enrolment fees

   A member is eligible for an amount charged by the school in which their child is enrolled for the child's initial enrolment.

15.6.9 Compulsory examination fees

1.  Subject to subsection 2, a member is eligible to be reimbursed the costs of the child sitting an examination for any of the following.
    a.                                                                                                                                      Entry into a school.
    b.                                                                                                                                      Completion of primary or secondary school.
2.  The maximum benefit under subsection 1 is the lesser of the following.
    a.                                                                                                                                      The fee for the examination charged by the school.
    b.                                                                                                                                      The fees for a similar examination at the benchmark school in the member's posting location overseas for the child's education level.

15.6.10 Compulsory tuition fees

1.  A member with a child attending a school in the overseas posting location is eligible for one of the following.
    a.                                                                                                               If the child attends a school at the member's posting location where there is a benchmark school, the lesser of the following.
                                                                                                                     i.                                                                                                                                                        The compulsory tuition fees charged by the child's school for the child's attendance.
                                                                                                                     ii.                                                                                                                                                       The compulsory tuition fees charged by the benchmark school for a child in similar circumstances to the member's child.
    b.                                                                                                               If the child meets both of the following, the rate charged by the benchmark school for the child.
                                                                                                                     i.                                                                                                                                                        They attend a pre-school in the USA that is a benchmark school.
                                                                                                                     ii.                                                                                                                                                       They will not be 5 years old on 31 December in the current USA school year.
    c.                                                                                                               If any of the following apply, the amount under subsection 2.
                                                                                                                     i.                                                                                                                                                        The child attends a pre-school or kindergarten in the USA and the CDF is satisfied that the government pre-school where the member lives is not a suitable benchmark school.
                                                                                                                     ii.                                                                                                                                                       The child attends a primary or secondary school in the District of Columbia, USA, and the member has been directed to live there.
                                                                                                                     iii.                                                                                                                                                      The child attends a primary or secondary school in the USA and the CDF is satisfied that the benchmark school where the member lives is not suitable.
                                                                                                                     iv.                                                                                                                                                       The child has completed