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B-186275 1 (1976-11-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaddyt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: THPi' COMPTROLqLER GENERAL DECISICIN , CJF THE IJNmED BTATES WASHINGTON E D.C. .2tB4E FILE; B-186275 MATTER OF: DIGEST: * DATh: Eovwmber 2, 1976 Harold C, Voorhees - Educational allowance for emloyee eving in foreign area State Department employee who was transferred from The Hague to Horu Kong after 'his daughter had finished 3 years of high school and who elected to incur additional expopses of permitting her to complete high school at The Hague may not be paid edtuational allowances at rates designated for The Hague, his old post, since Standardized Regulationp which provide only for payment at rates designated for the new post cannot be waived. This action is in response to a l*Jtter dateA April R?, 1976 from James Stromayer, Director of the Allowances 3taff of' te Department of State, requesting an advance decisioa concerning the claim of Mr. Harold C, Voorhees, an employee of the State Department, for educational allowances for his dependent daughter in excess of the allowance specified for hih current post. Mr. Vo9rhees' daughter had completed 3 years of high schcol at hisold post at The Hague when he was transferred to his current post in Hong Kong, She had not yet comvenced her senior year at that time. Although Mr. Voorhees agrees that adequate schooling was available in Hong Kong, heelected to incur the additional expense of permitting his daughter to complete high school at The Hague so that she would not be separated from her school and frimnds during her senior yer, The Standardized Regulations (Government Civilians, Foreign Areas), 920, p.25, 42, promulgated pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5924 (Supp. V, 1975), authorize an educational allowance', and as then applicable, provided an education allowance of $2,300 for the education of a high school student stationed in Hong Kong and $3,300 for a high school student stationqd at The Hague. Mr. Voorhees received the $2,300 allownce for a high school education in Hong Kong, but seeks reimbursement for the additional expense of his daughter's senior year at The Hague. Those regulations further provide as follows: C'' 0 'I I I #9 $I I *i

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