14 U.S.C. § 2906 | Dependent school children

(a)

The Secretary may provide, out of funds appropriated to or for the use of the Coast Guard, for the primary and secondary schooling of dependents of Coast Guard personnel stationed outside the continental United States at costs for any given area not in excess of those of the Department of Defense for the same area, when it is determined by the Secretary that the schools, if any, available in the locality are unable to provide adequately for the education of those dependents.

(b)

Whenever the Secretary, under such regulations as he may prescribe, determines that schools located in the same area in which a Coast Guard facility is located are not accessible by public means of transportation on a regular basis, he may provide, out of funds appropriated to or for the use of the Coast Guard, for the transportation of dependents of Coast Guard personnel between the schools serving the area and the Coast Guard facility.

Pub. L. 91–278, § 1(14)June 12, 197084 Stat. 306 Pub. L. 93–430, § 5Oct. 1, 197488 Stat. 1182 Pub. L. 113–281, title II, § 214(b)(1)(C)Dec. 18, 2014128 Stat. 3033 Pub. L. 115–282, title I, § 117(b)Dec. 4, 2018132 Stat. 4230(Added , , , § 657; amended , , ; renumbered § 544 and amended , , ; renumbered § 2906, , , .)

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

section 5107 of this titleA prior section 2906 was renumbered .

Amendments

Pub. L. 115–282 section 544 of this title2018— renumbered as this section.

Pub. L. 113–281 section 657 of this titleSeptember 30, 195020 U.S.C. 236–2442014— renumbered as this section and, in subsec. (a), substituted “The Secretary may” for “Except as otherwise authorized by the Act of (), the Secretary may”.

Pub. L. 93–4301974— struck out “; transportation of” after “children” in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (b), and added subsec. (a).