2. Current U.S. Government Programs to Help Education U.S. Children Abroad: Although considerable amounts of Federal funds are spent each year to support education programs for children living in each of the individual States of the United States, there is no comparable Federal support for the education of children in the private sector abroad. There are educational subsidies for children of employees of the U.S. Government assigned abroad, but these are only of small indirect and incidental benefit to other American families.
 

3. How Other Countries Do It: The attitude of the U.S. Government in this regard is in marked contrast to that of several of our most important trading competitors. Japan, Germany and France, to name but three, each year spend hundreds of millions of dollars to support education programs, schools, teachers, and books for the children of their civilian overseas citizens.
 

4. Some Proposals for Reform of Current U.S. Educational Programs: ACA proposes a number of remedial actions, some or all of which already have analogs under educational support programs funded and operated by other countries. These are listed below:
 

A. Increase the funding of grants by the Office of Overseas Schools of the Department of State and extend funding to American schools abroad that are not now covered by this program.
 

B. Give American schools abroad greater access to APO or diplomatic pouch mailing facilities for books and educational supplies sent from the United States.
 

C. Provide subsidized shipment and consistent customs clearance assistance to U.S. products being sent to American schools abroad.
 

D. Provide commissary privileges for administrators and teachers in American schools in the least developed Third World countries where essential supplies are scarce or unobtainable or where the consumption of local food is likely to result in serious illness.
 

E. Until residence-based taxation is restored, exempt education allowances paid to U.S. citizens living abroad from U.S. income tax.
 

F. Give U.S. citizen students in U.S. universities and colleges abroad full access to U.S. Government Student Loan Programs, Minority and Ethnic Grants Programs and Federal Scholarship Programs.
 

G. Allow U.S. citizens educated in elementary and secondary schools abroad to acquire "in-state" residency status in at least one State of the United States solely for the purpose of entitlement to a lower tuition fee in a State university. (It is recognized that this is not fully within the competence of the Federal Government, but Federal assistance should be granted in seeking such indulgence from State Governments.)
 

H. Direct the Department of Defense Dependent Schools system (DODDS) to admit all U.S. citizen children residing in the country in which the school is located provided they pay an appropriate school fee.
 

I. Increase the DODDS budget, and make it a separate line-item which can be clearly identified in the budget of the Department of Defense and voted upon separately during the appropriations process.