Title 20EducationRelease 119-73

§902 Regulations of Secretary of Defense

Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 25— - PAY AND PERSONNEL PROGRAM FOR OVERSEAS TEACHERS › § 902

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Require the Secretary of Defense to make and issue rules no later than the 90th day after July 17, 1959, to put this chapter into effect. The rules must cover creating teaching jobs; setting base pay equal to the average pay range for similar jobs in U.S. urban school districts of 100,000 or more people; pay rights and payments; hiring; job conditions; school year length; leave; housing, allowances, extra pay; and other related matters. Those rules take effect on the date the Secretary picks, but not later than the 90th day after the rules are issued.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §902

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(a)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)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

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

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, 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.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1966 Amendment 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].”

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

20 U.S.C. § 902

Title 20Education

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73