§ 902. — Regulations of Secretary of Defense.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC902]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 25--PAY AND PERSONNEL PROGRAM FOR OVERSEAS TEACHERS
Sec. 902. Regulations of Secretary of Defense
(a) Employment, compensation, etc., of teachers
Not later than the ninetieth day following July 17, 1959, the
Secretary of Defense shall prescribe and issue regulations to carry out
the purposes of this chapter. Such regulations shall govern--
(1) the establishment of teaching positions;
(2) 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;
(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 chapter.
(b) 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.
(Pub. L. 86-91, Sec. 4, July 17, 1959, 73 Stat. 214; Pub. L. 89-391,
Sec. 1(a), Apr. 14, 1966, 80 Stat. 117.)
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, Sec. 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 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.
Effective Date of 1966 Amendment
Section 2 of Pub. L. 89-391 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].''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 903, 904 of this title.