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B-186000 1 (1976-09-22)

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DECISION


SEP 22


FILE: B-186000


THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
OF THE UNITED STATES
WVASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


DATE-SEP 22197&


MATTER OF: Lieut' , aae Colonel


DIGEST:


K{eabsr*s claim~ for raiburaeitut o'f personal
tuition paym~ents at fari~n unlveraity after
not having followed rsquirad Af' regulation
for enrollment un4ur Tuitim Assistance Pro-
gran is not payable oa any legal basi, uor
does claim cohitAin elemaents of equity as
warranting reportin~g to Congr es uaider Xferi-
torious Claims Act of 1928. 31 U..C  236
(1970).


     This sactlon is Us reeponse to a requast by
Lieutenant Colonel              -* V.AW, SA               for
              under thes Koritorimus Clais Act of 1928, 31 G.S.C.
   236(190),of his laivs for raixmburse~Rat of $1,W ina tuition coes
he paid to the Uuiversity of the Philippinos. The niatr was
forwArded here by te Doputy Chief, elafts and Tort Litiption
Division* Office of the Judge Advocate General, Deapartment of the
Air Force.

     The record showsa that on Jume 10, 1975, the ramber paid $1123
ina tuition fees for ourallrent in two courses being givat by the
University of the f'hilippines. it is reported that he did not
submit a required appliciation for tuition assistance (.AF For* 1227)
until July 110 1975, 15 days after the cose of seboci. reistaticM.
In his applicstion for tuitiona assistaentx, he signed as his own
supervisor, granting approval for bis own apliation,

     Tha weuuier's request for tuition assiutance was denied by
his Unit Education Sorvices Offiror on July 11, 195 for the
following reasons:.

     a. 'rho claimat filed the rccquast after registration
     tias olomed, not btforat as required by service
     regul1ation.

     h. The claiiat filed the roquest after payinj ttia
     tui~tion, not before, as requIred by servica regulation.


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