Are evacuated employees eligible for an at post education allowance during an ordered/authorized departure?
A – Normally education allowances are not payable on behalf of children evacuated from a post in a foreign area to safehaven in the United States if accompanied by a parent, as public schools are available to all residents in the United States. If, however, there is an internet classroom set up with the school at post, expenses incurred by the employee/parent at the safehaven location associated with the internet classroom the child is participating in may be reimbursed under the current year “school at post” education allowance maximum. [DSSR 621.1(d) and DSSR 621.2(d) If prior to evacuation, a child was attending school in the United States using the away-from-post education allowance, the rate authorized for the evacuated post may continue for the remainder of the school year (DSSR 633.2). The safehaven displaces the post of assignment for travel under both away-from-post education allowance and educational travel for students not allowed to return to post. When an employee requests
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