The OCS says it accounts for “all” the costs of supporting the children of military personnel and civilian employees. My repeated inquiries to the Pentagon went unanswered. The more than $1.3 billion includes $1.24 billion for DoDDS schools in fiscal year 2012. The Department of Defense Educational Activity considers schools in Guam and Puerto Rico to be domestic schools, so there would be additional costs from the Department of Defense Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools’ $504.7 million budget as well as funding for schooling at non-DOD schools in Canada, Mexico, and the Americas.

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