Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110
§4709 Executive Secretary
Title 20 › CHAPTER 59 — BARRY GOLDWATER SCHOLARSHIP AND EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION PROGRAM › § 4709
Summary
The Board must appoint an Executive Secretary who will be the Foundation’s chief executive officer. That person must run the Foundation’s work under the Board’s supervision and perform other duties the Board assigns that follow the chapter. The Executive Secretary is a noncareer appointee in the Senior Executive Service and is paid at a rate the Board sets under section 5383 of title 5.
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Title 20, §4709
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(a)Appointment by Board
There shall be an Executive Secretary of the Foundation who shall be appointed by the Board. The Executive Secretary shall be the chief executive officer of the Foundation and shall carry out the functions of the Foundation subject to the supervision and direction of the Board. The Executive Secretary shall carry out such other functions consistent with the provisions of this chapter as the Board shall prescribe.
(b)Compensation
The Executive Secretary of the Foundation shall serve as a noncareer appointee of the Senior Executive Service and shall be compensated at a rate determined by the Board in accordance with section 5383 of title 5.
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1991—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 102–190 substituted “serve as a noncareer appointee of the Senior Executive Service and shall be compensated at a rate determined by the Board in accordance with section 5383” for “be compensated at the rate specified for employees in grade GS–18 of the General Schedule under section 5332”.
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20 U.S.C. § 4709
Title 20, Education
Last Updated
Sep 22, 2026
Release point: 119-110