20 U.S.C. § 901 — Definitions

Page 129 TITLE 20—EDUCATION § 902 amended Pub. L. 93–380, title I, § 111(a)(1), Aug. 21, 1974, 88 Stat. 513, authorized appropriations for fiscal years through fiscal year 1978. CHAPTER 25—PAY AND PERSONNEL PROGRAM FOR OVERSEAS TEACHERS Sec. 901. Definitions. 902. Regulations of Secretary of Defense. 903. Administration. 904. Leave. 905. Quarters, quarters allowances, and storage. 906. Entitlements in addition to basic compensa- tion. 907. Applicability of other laws. § 901. Definitions For the purposes of this chapter, the term— (1) ‘‘teaching position’’ means those duties and responsibilities which— (A) are performed on a school-year basis principally in a school operated by the De- partment of Defense in an overseas area for dependents of members of the Armed Forces and dependents of civilian employees of the Department of Defense, or are performed by an individual who carried out certain teach- ing activities identified in regulations pre- scribed by the Secretary of Defense; and (B) involve— (i) classroom or other instruction or the supervision or direction of classroom or other instruction; or (ii) any activity (other than teaching) which requires academic credits in edu- cational theory and practice equal to the academic credits in educational theory and practice required for a bachelor’s de- gree in education from an accredited insti- tution of higher education; or (iii) any activity in or related to the field of education notwithstanding that academic credits in educational theory and practice are not a formal requirement for the conduct of such activity. (2) ‘‘teacher’’ means an individual— (A) who is a citizen of the United States or, in the case of a teaching position that in- volves instruction in the host-nation lan- guage, a local national when a citizen of the United States is not reasonably available to provide such instruction, (B) who is a civilian, and (C) who is employed in a teaching position described in paragraph (1). (3) ‘‘overseas area’’ means any area situated outside the United States. (4) ‘‘United States’’, when used in a geo- graphical sense, means the several States of the United States of America, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, and the posses- sions of the United States (excluding the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and Midway Islands). (Pub. L. 86–91, § 2, July 17, 1959, 73 Stat. 213; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVI, § 1606(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2736; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title X, § 1073(c)(9)(A), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1904; Pub. L. 113–291, div. A, title V, § 564, Dec. 19, 2014, 128 Stat. 3384.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in par. (4), see section 3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 2351 of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378. AMENDMENTS 2014—Par. (2)(A). Pub. L. 113–291 inserted ‘‘or, in the case of a teaching position that involves instruction in the host-nation language, a local national when a cit- izen of the United States is not reasonably available to provide such instruction’’ before comma at end. 1997—Par. (1)(A). Pub. L. 105–85 made technical cor- rections to Pub. L. 104–201, § 1606(a)(1). See 1996 Amend- ment note below. 1996—Par. (1)(A). Pub. L. 104–201, § 1606(a)(1), as amended by Pub. L. 105–85, inserted ‘‘or are performed by an individual who carried out certain teaching ac- tivities identified in regulations prescribed by the Sec- retary of Defense;’’ after ‘‘Defense,’’. Par. (2)(C). Pub. L. 104–201, § 1606(a)(2), added subpar. (C) and struck out former subpar. (C) which read as fol- lows: ‘‘whose services are required on a school-year basis in a teaching position.’’ Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1997 AMENDMENT Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title X, § 1073(c), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1904, provided that the amendment made by that section is effective as of Sept. 23, 1996, and as if in- cluded in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997, Pub. L. 104–201, as enacted. SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 86–91, § 1, July 17, 1959, 73 Stat. 213, provided that: ‘‘This Act [enacting this chapter and provisions now contained in section 5102(c)(22) of Title 5, Govern- ment Organization and Employees] may be cited as the ‘Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Per- sonnel Practices Act’.’’ Executive Documents TERMINATION OF TRUST TERRITORY OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Is- lands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions. § 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 pre- scribe 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 com- parable 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 compensa- tion; (4) the payment of compensation to teach- ers;