§2701 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary of State may provide schools and dorms abroad for children of U.S. citizens when local schools are not available or are not good enough. The State Department can open, run, or fund primary and secondary schools and related facilities. It may use powers in the Foreign Service Buildings Act of 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.) and paragraphs (h) and (i) of section 2670. Help can include security and paying, moving, or hiring teachers and other staff. If a child of a U.S. agency employee goes to a State‑assisted school, that agency head may repay or advance funds to the State Department for the assistance.

Title 22, §2701

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Whenever the Secretary of State determines that educational facilities are not available, or that existing educational facilities are inadequate, to meet the needs of children of United States citizens stationed outside the United States who are engaged in carrying out Government activities, the Secretary may, in such manner as he deems appropriate and under such regulations as he may prescribe, establish, operate, and maintain primary schools, and school dormitories and related educational facilities for primary and secondary schools, outside the United States, make grants of funds for such purposes, or otherwise provide for such educational facilities. The authorities of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 [22 U.S.C. 292 et seq.], and of paragraphs (h) and (i) of section 2670 of this title, may be utilized by the Secretary in providing assistance for educational facilities. Such assistance may include physical security enhancements and hiring, transporting, and payment of teachers and other necessary personnel. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where the child of a United States citizen employee of an agency of the United States Government who is stationed outside the United States attends an educational facility assisted by the Secretary of State under this section, the head of that agency is authorized to reimburse, or credit with advance payment, the Department of State for funds used in providing assistance to such educational facilities, by grant or otherwise, under this section.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926, referred to in text, is act May 7, 1926, ch. 250, 44 Stat. 403, which is classified generally to chapter 8 (§ 292 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 299 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

2016—Pub. L. 114–323 inserted “physical security enhancements and” after “may include”. 1998—Pub. L. 105–277 inserted at end “Notwithstanding any other provision of law, where the child of a United States citizen employee of an agency of the United States Government who is stationed outside the United States attends an educational facility assisted by the Secretary of State under this section, the head of that agency is authorized to reimburse, or credit with advance payment, the Department of State for funds used in providing assistance to such educational facilities, by grant or otherwise, under this section.”

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Feb. 15, 1981, except as otherwise provided, see section 2403 of Pub. L. 96–465, set out as a note under section 3901 of this title.

§2701 Educational facilities