[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR71.3]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
PART 71--ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR EDUCATION OF MINOR DEPENDENTS IN 
OVERSEAS AREAS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 71.3  Definitions.

    The terms used in this part are defined below.
    (a) Approved non-DoD dependents schools. Schools, including 
dormitory facilities, other than DoD dependents schools, that provide 
suitable educational programs, usually on a tuition basis. The term 
includes residence facilities operated by approved non-DoD dependents 
schools to provide room and board for eligible handicapped dependents 
when DoD dependents schools cannot provide an appropriate education.
    (b) Commuting area. A designated geographical area surrounding a DoD 
dependents school within which pupil transportation at U.S. Government 
expense is provided for DoD dependent students, except for those living 
within walking distance of the school (See DoD 4500.36-R).
    (c) Correspondence courses. Home or supplemental instruction courses 
for DoD dependent students who live in areas where there are no suitable 
facilities, for handicapped DoD dependent students who cannot attend 
school, and for the supplementation of course offerings at DoD 
dependents schools or approved non-DoD dependents schools.
    (d) DoD dependents schools. Schools established by the Department of 
Defense in overseas areas to provide primary and secondary education for 
minor dependents of DoD sponsors.
    (e) DoD dependents schools with Dormitories. Residence facilities 
operated at certain DoDDS schools, usually at the high school level and 
primarily but not exclusively to provide room and board for DoD 
dependent students who are authorized to accompany their DoD sponsors to 
locations where there are no appropriate educational facilities 
available locally.
    (f) DoD dependent student. A minor dependent who:
    (1) Is the child, stepchild, adopted child, ward, or spouse of a DoD 
sponsor, or who is a resident in the household of a DoD sponsor who 
stands in loco parentis to such individual and who receives one-half or 
more of his or her support from such sponsor; and
    (2) Has not completed secondary school and who will reach his or her 
5th but not 21st birthday by December 31 of the current school year; or
    (3) Is handicapped, and is between 3 and 5 years of age by December 
31 of the current school year, provided that the Director, DoDDS, or 
designee, in his or her sole discretion, determines that adequate staff 
and facilities are available to serve such a handicapped child.
    (g) DoD sponsor. A Military Service member serving on active duty 
and stationed overseas or a civilian employee of the Department of 
Defense who is employed on a full-time basis, paid from appropriated 
funds, and stationed

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overseas, and who is either a U.S. citizen or a person lawfully accorded 
the privilege of residing permanently in the United States as an 
immigrant in accordance with the United States immigration laws (8 
U.S.C. ``Aliens and Nationality'').
    (h) Full-time students. Panama Canal College students enrolled in 
courses for 12 or more credit hours during the fall and spring semesters 
of one school year.
    (i) Overseas area. Any area situated outside the United States (the 
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and 
the possessions of the United States (excluding the Trust Territory of 
the Pacific Islands and Midway Island))
    (j) Part-time students. Panama Canal College students enrolled in 
courses for 11 or fewer credit hours during the fall and spring 
semesters of one school year, and all students enrolled during the 
summer session.
    (k) Space-required. Pupil accommodations that must be provided by 
the DoD dependents schools.
    (l) Space-available. Pupil accommodations that may be made available 
in DoD dependents schools if the Director, DoDDS, or designee, 
determines that a school operated by DoDDS has adequate staff and other 
resources to permit the enrollment of nonspace-required students.