Ive heard reference to the base school quite a bit, but no one can tell me what that means. What exactly is a base school?
A. Per DSSR 271n (definitions) A “base school at post” is usually the least expensive “adequate” school as determined by the Department of State, Office of Overseas Schools or the U.S. Department of Defense School, where available to eligible family members. The base school is used to establish the maximum at post education allowance for grades K-12. With the exception of the U.S. Department of Defense Schools in foreign locations, the U.S. Department of State’s Office of Overseas Schools determines adequacy by how closely a foreign post/location school curriculum aligns with the U.S. public school curriculum so that a child can transition to the next higher grade in a U.S. public school.
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