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B-225035 1 (1987-09-15)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmvg0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The ComptroUer General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Air Force - Tuition Assistance to Members of Armed Materof: Forces in North Carolina File: B-225035 Date: September 15, 1987 DIGEST Off-duty college tuition assistance provided by military departments is subject to percentage limitation on charges of educational institution. 10 U.S.C. S 2007. Under North Carolina statute, non-domiciliary military personnel are charged out-of-state tuition rate, but portion to be paid by individual is reduced in accordance with statutory formula. Although application of percentage limit to full tuition rate will result in government's paying more than that percentage of actual costs, payment on this basis will not violate 10 U.S.C. S 2007 nor constitute improper use of appropriations. DECISION The Deputy Assistant Comptroller of the Air Force for Accounting and Finance requested our decision on what effect, if any, a recent North Carolina statute has on the amount of higher education tuition assistance the Air Force may pay to military personnel stationed in North Carolina but domiciled elsewhere. More specifically, the question is whether the operation of the North Carolina statute causes the Air Force to exceed the ceiling on tuition assistance provided in 10 U.S.C. S 2007. As explained below, although the North Carolina statute has the effect of increasing the proportion of actual tuition costs paid by the Air Force, it does not, in our opinion, produce a violation of 10 U.S.C. S 2007. Background The Air Force is authorized to provide tuition assistance to its military personnel for education and training during

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