Title 20 — Education
Chapter 25 — Pay and Personnel Program for Overseas Teachers
§ 902. Regulations of Secretary of Defense
Statutory text
Employment, compensation, etc., of teachers
Not later than the ninetieth day following , the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe and issue regulations to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Such regulations shall govern—
the establishment of teaching positions;
the fixing of basic compensation for teachers and teaching positions at rates equal to the average of the range of rates of basic compensation for similar positions of a comparable level of duties and responsibilities in urban school jurisdictions in the United States of 100,000 or more population;
the entitlement of teachers to compensation;
the payment of compensation to teachers;
the appointment of teachers;
the conditions of employment of teachers;
the length of the school year or school years applicable to teaching positions;
the leave system for teachers;
quarters, allowances, and additional compensation for teachers; and
such other matters as may be relevant and appropriate to the purposes of this chapter.
Effective date of regulations
The regulations prescribed and issued by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (a) of this section shall become effective on such date as the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe but not later than the ninetieth day following the date of issuance of such regulations.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 86–91 § 4 · 73 Stat. 213
Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 902
Pub. L. 86–91, § 4, July 17, 1959, 73 Stat. 214
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 86–91, § 4, July 17, 1959, 73 Stat. 214Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 4. regulations of secretary of defense (a) Not later than the ninetieth day following the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe and issue regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Such regulations shall govern— (1) the establishment of teaching positions; (2) the fixing of the rates of basic compensation for teaching positions in relation to the rates of basic compensation for similar positions in the United States; (3) the entitlement of teachers to compensation; (4) the payment of compensation to teachers; (5) the appointment of teachers; (6) the conditions of employment of teachers; (7) the length of the school year or school years applicable to teaching positions; (8) the leave system for teachers; (9) quarters, allowances, and additional compensation for teachers; and (10) such other matters as may be relevant and appropriate to the purposes of this Act. (b) The regulations prescribed and issued by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (a) of this section shall become effective on such date as the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe but not later than the ninetieth day following the date of issuance of such regulations.Pub. L. 89–391 § 1(a) · 80 Stat. 117
Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 902(a)(2)
Pub. L. 89–391 substituted provisions for issuance of regulations to fix basic compensation for teachers and teaching positions at rates equal to the average of the range of rates of basic compensation for similar positions of a comparable level of duties and responsibilities in urban school jurisdictions in the United States of 100,000 or more population for former provisions fixing basic compensation for teaching positions in relation to rates of basic compensation for similar positions in the United States
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 89–391 substituted provisions for issuance of regulations to fix basic compensation for teachers and teaching positions at rates equal to the average of the range of rates of basic compensation for similar positions of a comparable level of duties and responsibilities in urban school jurisdictions in the United States of 100,000 or more population for former provisions fixing basic compensation for teaching positions in relation to rates of basic compensation for similar positions in the United States.Effective date note
Pub. L. 89–391, § 2, Apr. 14, 1966, 80 Stat. 118, provided that: “The amendments made by the first section of this Act [amending this section and section 903 of this title] shall become effective on the first day of the first pay period which begins after the date of enactment of this Act [Apr. 14, 1966].”
1 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 2352 of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, , 80 Stat. 378.
Amendments
1966—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 89–391 substituted provisions for issuance of regulations to fix basic compensation for teachers and teaching positions at rates equal to the average of the range of rates of basic compensation for similar positions of a comparable level of duties and responsibilities in urban school jurisdictions in the United States of 100,000 or more population for former provisions fixing basic compensation for teaching positions in relation to rates of basic compensation for similar positions in the United States.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1966 Amendment
Pub. L. 89–391, § 2, , 80 Stat. 118, provided that: “The amendments made by the first section of this Act [amending this section and section 903 of this title] shall become effective on the first day of the first pay period which begins after the date of enactment of this Act [].”
Credits
1959–1966 · 2 acts
- 1959Pub. L. 86–91, § 4, , 73 Stat. 214
- 1966Pub. L. 89–391, § 1(a), , 80 Stat. 117.
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(Pub. L. 86–91, § 4, , 73 Stat. 214; Pub. L. 89–391, § 1(a), , 80 Stat. 117.)