Title 20 — EducationRelease 119-73
§906 Entitlements in addition to basic compensation
Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 25— - PAY AND PERSONNEL PROGRAM FOR OVERSEAS TEACHERS › § 906
Summary
Under rules made by the President, every teacher who is not a substitute must get extra pay on top of regular salary: cost-of-living allowances equal to those in 5 U.S.C. 5924 and additional pay equal to that in 5 U.S.C. 5941. Those extra payments are figured from the teacher’s teaching job during the school year. If the teacher works a different job during a break between school years, the payments for that break are based on that other job.
Full Legal Text
Title 20, §906
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(a)Under regulations which shall be prescribed by or under authority of the President, each teacher (other than a teacher employed in a substitute capacity) shall be entitled, in addition to basic compensation, to—
(1)cost-of-living allowances equal to those authorized by section 5924 of title 5, and
(2)additional compensation equal to that authorized under section 5941 of title 5.
(b)The cost-of-living allowances and additional compensation provided under subsection (a) of this section for any teacher shall be based on the teaching position in which he rendered services on a school-year basis, except that, if such teacher is employed in another position during any recess period between two school years, such allowances and compensation for such recess period shall be based on the position in which he is employed during such recess period.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification In subsec. (a)(2), “section 5941 of title 5” substituted for “section 207 of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act, 1949 (5 U.S.C. 118h)” on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Section was formerly classified to section 2356 of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5 by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
Amendments
1980—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 96–465 substituted reference to section 5924 of title 5 for reference to section 1131(2) of title 22.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
of 1980 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–465 effective Feb. 15, 1981, except as otherwise provided, see section 2403 of Pub. L. 96–465, set out as an
Effective Date
note under section 3901 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
Executive Documents
Delegation of Functions Functions vested in President by subsec. (a) of this section concerning authority to prescribe
Regulations
relating to cost of living allowances delegated to Secretary of State pursuant to Ex. Ord. No. 12228,
July 24, 1980, 45 F.R. 49903, set out as a note under section 707 of Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits. Functions of President under subsec. (a) of this section delegated to Director of Bureau of the Budget, now Director of Office of Management and Budget, see section 1(10) of Ex. Ord. No. 11230,
June 28, 1965, 30 F.R. 8447, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President. Secretary of State empowered to prescribe
Regulations
relating to quarters and quarters allowance, see section 4(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 10903, Jan. 11, 1961, 26 F.R. 217, set out as a note under section 5921 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Regulations
Applicable to Payment of Additional CompensationFor provisions relating to payment of additional compensation authorized by subsec. (a)(2) of this section in accordance with the
Regulations
contained in Ex. Ord. No. 10000, see section 1–101 of Ex. Ord. No. 12228, July 24, 1980, 45 F.R. 49903, set out as a note under section 707 of Title 38, Veterans’ Benefits.
Reference
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Citation
20 U.S.C. § 906
Title 20 — Education
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
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