FSD 33 - Education assistance at a Lycée in Canada
Introduction
The purpose of this directive is to provide financial assistance to career foreign service employees and RCMP Liaison Officers while serving in Canada in enrolling their dependent children in a Lycée in Canada, in order to ensure continuity in French language education while serving outside Canada.
Directive 33
33.01 The provisions of this directive are available to career foreign service employees as defined in FSD 3.01(a) and to RCMP Liaison Officers, while serving in Canada, in order to ensure continuity in French language education for their dependent children while serving outside Canada.
33.02 The deputy head may authorize payment of the cost of tuition, prescribed textbooks and school supplies (as determined under the provisions of FSD 34.01(c)(i)(A)(7) of FSD 34 - Education allowances) incurred at a Lycée in Canada in respect of:
(a) children who were registered in the French lycée system during the assignment of the employee abroad;
(b) children who commence kindergarten in the lycée system during the assignment of an employee in Canada following an assignment abroad; and
(c) children who are enrolled in a Lycée in Canada where an employee has not been offered an initial assignment outside Canada.
Instruction
For purposes of this section, a child must qualify for assistance in accordance with the provisions of FSD 34.02(a)(i), that is, the child must be aged 3 years and 8 months as of September 1 of the school year.
33.03 Payment authorized in accordance with Section 33.02 shall normally be limited to the two-year period immediately following:
(a) the employee's assignment to Canada from abroad, and/or
(b) the date on which the employee commences rotational employment.
33.04 Exceptions to the limitations prescribed by Section 33.03 may be considered on an individual basis by the deputy head of the employing department, who may approve extensions of up to one year at a time as a result of operational requirements. This deputy head discretion would also extend to situations where an employee is assigned to or from Canada during the academic year.