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Title 20 — Education

Chapter 25A — Overseas Defense Dependents’ Education

§ 922. Administration of defense dependents’ education system

Statutory text

(a)

Operation; Director

The defense dependents’ education system is operated through the field activity of the Department of Defense known as the Department of Defense Education Activity. That activity is headed by a Director, who is a civilian and is selected by the Secretary of Defense. The Director reports to an Assistant Secretary of Defense designated by the Secretary of Defense for purposes of this chapter.

(b)

Implementation of program functions of Secretary of Defense through Director

Except with respect to the authority to prescribe regulations, the Secretary of Defense may carry out his functions under this chapter through the Director.

(c)

Functions of Director

The Director shall—

(1)

establish personnel policies, consistent with the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act (20 U.S.C. 901 et seq.), for employees in the defense dependents’ education system,

(2)

have authority to transfer professional employees in the defense dependents’ education system from one position to another,

(3)

prepare a unified budget for each fiscal year, which shall include necessary funds for construction and operation and maintenance of facilities, for the defense dependents’ education system for inclusion in the Department of Defense budget for that year,

(4)

have authority to establish, in accordance with section 928 of this title, local school advisory committees,

(5)

have authority to arrange for inservice and other training programs for employees in the defense dependents’ education system, and

(6)

perform such other functions as may be required or delegated by the Secretary of Defense or the Assistant Secretary of Defense designated under subsection (a).

(d)

Establishment of regional or area offices; reports to Congress on reorganizations; authorized number of civilian employees

(1)

The Director shall establish appropriate regional or area offices in order to provide for thorough and efficient administration of the defense dependents’ education system.

(2)

Whenever the Department of Defense Education Activity is reorganized in a manner that affects the defense dependents’ education system, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the Congress describing the reorganization.

(3)

Subject to the approval of the Secretary of Defense, the Department of Defense Education Activity is authorized an appropriate number of civilian employees in its central office and such regional or area office as are established pursuant to paragraph (1).

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.

  1. Defense Dependents’ Education Act of 1978

    Pub. L. 95–561 title XIV § 1403 · 92 Stat. 2143

    Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 922

    Pub. L. 95–561, title XIV, § 1403, Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2365

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 95–561, title XIV, § 1403, Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2365

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 1403. office of dependents’ education (a) (1) There is established within the Department of Establishment. 20 USC 922. Director. Defense an office to be known as the Office of Dependents' Education. (2) The Office of Dependents’ Education shall be headed by a Director of Dependents’ Education (hereinafter in this title referred to as the “Director”), who shall be a civilian and who shall be selected by the Secretary of Defense and shall report to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics. (b) Except with respect to the authority to prescribe regulations, the Secretary of Defense may carry out his functions under this Act through the Director. (c) The Director shall—. Duties. (1) establish personnel policies, consistent with the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act, for employees in the defense dependents’education system, (2) have authority to transfer professional employees in the defense dependents’ education system from one position to another. (3) prepare a unified budget for each fiscal year, which shall include necessary funds for construction and operation and maintenance of facilities, for the defense dependents’ education system for inclusion in the Department of Defense budget for that year, (4) have authority to establish, in accordance with section 1410, local school advisory committees, (5) have authority to arrange for inservice and other training programs for employees in the defense dependents’ education system, and (6) perform such other functions as may be required or delegated by the Secretary of Defense or the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics. (d) (1) Offices. The Director shall establish appropriate regional or area offices for the Office of Dependents’ Education in order to provide for thorough and efficient administration of the defense dependents’education system. (2) Reports to Congress. Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of th’s Act, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress a report (A) describing the organization of the Office of Dependents’ Education in accordance with paragraph (1), (B) describing the assignment of personnel to the central office of the Office of Dependents’ Education and to such regional or area offices as are established pursuant to paragraph (l),and (C) detailing the personnel requirements of the defense dependents’ education system. Whenever the Office of Dependents’ Education is reorganized after the submission of the report required under the preceding sentence, the Secretary of Defense shall submit an additional report to the Congress describing the reorganization. (3) Subject to the approval of the Secretary of Defense, the Office of Dependents’ Education is authorized an appropriate number of civilian employees in its central office and such regional or area office as are established pursuant to paragraph (1).

  2. Pub. L. 106–65 § 354(2)(A) · 113 Stat. 512

    Amended · 20 U.S.C. § 922

    Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(A), amended section catchline

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(A), amended section catchline.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (A) by striking the matter in that section preceding subsection (b) and inserting the following: “administration of defense dependents’ education system “Sec. 1403. (a) The defense dependents’ education system is operated through the field activity of the Department of Defense known as the Department of Defense Education Activity. That activity is headed by a Director, who is a civilian and is selected by the Secretary of Defense. The Director reports to an Assistant Secretary of Defense designated by the Secretary of Defense for purposes of this title.”;

  3. Pub. L. 106–65 § 354(2)(A) · 113 Stat. 512

    1. Added · 20 U.S.C. § 922(a)

      Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(A), added subsec. (a)

    2. Struck · 20 U.S.C. § 922(a)

      Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(A), struck out former subsec. (a) which read as follows:

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(A), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which read as follows:

    “(1) There is established within the Department of Defense an office to be known as the Office of Dependents’ Education. “(2) The Office of Dependents’ Education shall be headed by a Director of Dependents’ Education (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the ‘Director’), who shall be a civilian and who shall be selected by the Secretary of Defense and shall report to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics.”

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (A) by striking the matter in that section preceding subsection (b) and inserting the following: “administration of defense dependents’ education system “Sec. 1403. (a) The defense dependents’ education system is operated through the field activity of the Department of Defense known as the Department of Defense Education Activity. That activity is headed by a Director, who is a civilian and is selected by the Secretary of Defense. The Director reports to an Assistant Secretary of Defense designated by the Secretary of Defense for purposes of this title.”;

  4. Pub. L. 106–65 § 354(2)(B) · 113 Stat. 512

    Changed · 20 U.S.C. § 922(b)

    Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(B), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to this chapter

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(B), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to this chapter.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (B) in subsection (b), by striking “this Act” and inserting “this title”;

  5. Pub. L. 106–65 § 354(2)(C) · 113 Stat. 512

    Inserted · 20 U.S.C. § 922(c)(1)

    Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(C), inserted “(20 U.S.C. 901 et seq.)” after “Personnel Practices Act”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(C), inserted “(20 U.S.C. 901 et seq.)” after “Personnel Practices Act”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (C) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting “(20 U.S.C. 901 et seq.)” after “Personnel Practices Act”;

  6. Pub. L. 106–65 § 354(2)(D) · 113 Stat. 512

    Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 922(c)(2)

    Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(D), substituted a comma for the period at end

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(D), substituted a comma for the period at end.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (D) in subsection (c)(2), by striking the period at the end and inserting a comma;

  7. Pub. L. 106–65 § 354(2)(E) · 113 Stat. 512

    Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 922(c)(6)

    Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(E), substituted “the Assistant Secretary of Defense designated under subsection (a)” for “Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c)(6). Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(E), substituted “the Assistant Secretary of Defense designated under subsection (a)” for “Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (E) in subsection (c)(6), by striking “Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics” and inserting “the Assistant Secretary of Defense designated under subsection (a)”;

  8. Pub. L. 106–65 § 354(2)(F) · 113 Stat. 512

    Struck · 20 U.S.C. § 922(d)(1)

    Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(F), struck out “for the Office of Dependents’ Education” after “area offices”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(F), struck out “for the Office of Dependents’ Education” after “area offices”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (F) in subsection (d)(1), by striking “For the Office of Dependents’ Education”;

  9. Pub. L. 106–65 § 354(2)(G) · 113 Stat. 512

    1. Struck · 20 U.S.C. § 922(d)(2)

      Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(G), struck out first sentence which read: “Not later than six months after November 1, 1978, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress a report (A) describing the organization of the Office of Dependents’ Education in accordance with paragraph (1), (B) describing the assignment of personnel to the central office of the Office of Dependents’ Education and to such regional or area offices as are established pursuant to paragraph (1), and (C) detailing the personnel requirements of the defense dependents’ education system.”

    2. Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 922(d)(2)

      Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(G), substituted “Whenever the Department of Defense Education Activity” for “Whenever the Office of Dependents’ Education”

    3. Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 922(d)(2)

      Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(G), substituted “in a manner that affects the defense dependents’ education system” for “after the submission of the report required under the preceding sentence”

    4. Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 922(d)(2)

      Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(G), substituted “a report” for “an additional report”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(G), struck out first sentence which read: “Not later than six months after November 1, 1978, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress a report (A) describing the organization of the Office of Dependents’ Education in accordance with paragraph (1), (B) describing the assignment of personnel to the central office of the Office of Dependents’ Education and to such regional or area offices as are established pursuant to paragraph (1), and (C) detailing the personnel requirements of the defense dependents’ education system.” and substituted “Whenever the Department of Defense Education Activity” for “Whenever the Office of Dependents’ Education”, “in a manner that affects the defense dependents’ education system” for “after the submission of the report required under the preceding sentence”, and “a report” for “an additional report”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (G) in subsection (d)(2)— (i) by striking the first sentence; (ii) by striking “Whenever the Office of Dependents’ Education” and inserting “Whenever the Department of Defense Education Activity”; (iii) by striking “after the submission of the report required under the preceding sentence” and inserting “in a manner that affects the defense dependents’ education system”; and (iv) by striking “an additional report” and inserting “a report”; and

  10. Pub. L. 106–65 § 354(2)(H) · 113 Stat. 512

    Substituted · 20 U.S.C. § 922(d)(3)

    Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(H), substituted “the Department of Defense Education Activity” for “the Office of Dependents’ Education”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(H), substituted “the Department of Defense Education Activity” for “the Office of Dependents’ Education”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (H) in subsection (d)(3), by striking “the Office of Dependents’ Education” and inserting “the Department of Defense Education Activity”.

  11. Pub. L. 106–398 § 1(dA) · 114 Stat. 1654

    Struck · 20 U.S.C. § 922(c)(6)

    Pub. L. 106–398 struck out “the” before “the Assistant Secretary of Defense”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (c)(6). Pub. L. 106–398 struck out “the” before “the Assistant Secretary of Defense”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SECTION 1. ENACTMENT OF FISCAL YEAR 2001 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT. The provisions of H.R. 5408 of the 106th Congress, as introduced on October 6, 2000, are hereby enacted into law.

15 of 15 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is Pub. L. 86–91, , 73 Stat. 213, which is classified generally to chapter 25 (§ 901 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 901 of this title and Tables.

Amendments1999–2000 · 2 rounds

2000

Subsec. (c)(6). Pub. L. 106–398 struck out “the” before “the Assistant Secretary of Defense”.

1999

Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(A), amended section catchline.

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(A), added subsec. (a) and struck out former subsec. (a) which read as follows:

“(1) There is established within the Department of Defense an office to be known as the Office of Dependents’ Education.

“(2) The Office of Dependents’ Education shall be headed by a Director of Dependents’ Education (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the ‘Director’), who shall be a civilian and who shall be selected by the Secretary of Defense and shall report to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics.”

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(B), made technical amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as reference to this chapter.

Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(C), inserted “(20 U.S.C. 901 et seq.)” after “Personnel Practices Act”.

Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(D), substituted a comma for the period at end.

Subsec. (c)(6). Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(E), substituted “the Assistant Secretary of Defense designated under subsection (a)” for “Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics”.

Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(F), struck out “for the Office of Dependents’ Education” after “area offices”.

Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(G), struck out first sentence which read: “Not later than six months after , the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress a report (A) describing the organization of the Office of Dependents’ Education in accordance with paragraph (1), (B) describing the assignment of personnel to the central office of the Office of Dependents’ Education and to such regional or area offices as are established pursuant to paragraph (1), and (C) detailing the personnel requirements of the defense dependents’ education system.” and substituted “Whenever the Department of Defense Education Activity” for “Whenever the Office of Dependents’ Education”, “in a manner that affects the defense dependents’ education system” for “after the submission of the report required under the preceding sentence”, and “a report” for “an additional report”.

Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 106–65, § 354(2)(H), substituted “the Department of Defense Education Activity” for “the Office of Dependents’ Education”.

Credits

1978–2000 · 3 acts
  1. 1978Pub. L. 95–561, title XIV, § 1403, , 92 Stat. 2365
  2. 1999Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title III, § 354(2), , 113 Stat. 572
  3. 2000Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1087(g)(8)], , 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–294.
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(Pub. L. 95–561, title XIV, § 1403, , 92 Stat. 2365; Pub. L. 106–65, div. A, title III, § 354(2), , 113 Stat. 572; Pub. L. 106–398, § 1 [[div. A], title X, § 1087(g)(8)], , 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A–294.)

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