HomeBased Educational Programs

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Home-Based Educational Programs
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Home School

• At all times, locations, and grade levels,
• parents may independently elect a
• home-based educational program.

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Home School

• A Home-Based Educational Program is defined as
• A complete academic course using correspondence
  course and/or other appropriate materials in the
  home including virtual online school programs

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Home School

• In lieu of the school at post DSSR education
  allowance, a separate allowance rate is
  authorized each school year for the purchase of
  home-based educational programs and allowable
  materials (under DSSR 274.12b).
• Grades K-8 up to 5,700
• Grades 9-12 up to 7,700
• However, if the local non-DoD school has been
  certified as adequate by the Office of Overseas
  Schools, reimbursement is limited to the school
  at post rate if it is lower than the home-based
  educational program/private instruction allowance.

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Home School

• Traditional curriculum textbooks and other
  supplemental materials as may be appropriate for
  math, science, language arts, social studies, and
  other subjects on a grade/age appropriate basis.
• Instructional CDs/software, curriculum guides,
  and manipulative materials for math, etc.
• Fees charged for access to libraries and group
  participation in local school-sponsored athletic,
  extracurricular, or music activities that are
  normally free of charge in U.S. public schools.
• Group participation is defined as a lesson or
  activity with enrollment open to the public, not
  a lesson provided exclusively for a family group.
  
• (See Non-Allowable Expenses, item h., below.)
  
• Fees for curriculum-related on-line Internet
  services such as study programs, library
  services, and distance learning.
• Rental of curriculum-related equipment such as
  microscopes or very large band instruments (such
  as a Sousaphone) that would normally be provided
  by U.S. public schools.

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Home School

• Required testing materials by either the formal
  home-study course or other authorized program.
• Advisory teaching service affiliated with the
  selected formally recognized home-study course.
• Tuition charges, shipping costs, lesson postage,
  on-line Internet and facsimile charges associated
  with formal recognized home-study course or other
  authorized program.

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Home School

• Equipment such as computers, keyboards,
  printers, televisions, facsimile and scanning
  machines, calculators, microscopes, and
  furniture.
• Non-course specific CDs, videos, DVDs.
• General reading materials and reference materials
  (dictionaries, encyclopedias, globes), etc.
• Purchase or rental of items that have broader use
  than the course being studied (i.e. computer
  hardware, calculators, band instruments except
  noted above).
• Expendable supplies (paper, pencils, markers)
  that are normally purchased by parents in the
  U.S.
• Parental training in home-study private
  instruction.
• Any form of compensation to the parent such as
  childcare or supervisory costs.

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Home School

• Travel and transportation costs at post or away
  from post.
• Personal telephone, Internet, satellite, cable or
  other available communication subscription fees.
• Fees for museums, cultural events, or
  performances that would normally be paid by
  parents in the U.S.
• Private lessons.
• Membership in gymnasiums, cultural clubs, spas,
  and other private clubs.
• Textbooks, Bibles, workbooks, daily devotionals,
  or any material primarily for religious
  instruction.
• Insurance associated with shipping charges. (Do
  not elect optional insurance.)
• Fees to an independent agency for posting credits
  and issuing transcripts.

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Home School

• Notify local NDSP liaison of the desire to
  purchase a home-based educational program and/or
  materials.
• Select an appropriate home-based educational
  program.
• The following documentation is required
• DoDEA Form 610, for each dependent
• Verification of Eligibility Form (with
  commanders signature)
• A copy of the sponsors orders plus any
  amendments.
• If the child(ren) is/are applying for entry to
  kindergarten or first grade, a copy of that
  child's passport or birth certificate is required
  to verify age.
• Funds Request Sheet
• Receipt of payment for course materials
• Note Reimbursement for home-based education
  expenses is based on actual expenses with proof
  of payment by sponsor through the submission of
  receipts (i.e., after-the-fact).

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Home School

• Sponsors who elect to purchase educational
  curriculum materials for home-based educational
  programs must submit to the local NDSP liaison
  receipts and an itemized list indicating the
  appropriate dependent(s) for each purchase.
• Sponsors are responsible for out of pocket
  expenses until the purchase is approved and
  reimbursement processed.
• Responsibility for documentation rests with the
  sponsor. Receipts must be legible. Itemized lists
  of educational texts or materials must clearly
  indicate relevance to curriculum areas.

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