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Title 20, EducationRelease 119-110

§902 Regulations of Secretary of Defense

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

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Defense must create and issue rules by no later than the 90th day after July 17, 1959. The rules must cover ten areas about teachers, including creating teaching jobs; setting basic pay equal to the average of the pay ranges for similar jobs at the same duty level in U.S. urban school districts of 100,000 or more population; who gets paid and how; hiring; job conditions; school year length; leave; housing, allowances, and extra pay; and other related matters. The rules take effect on the date the Secretary sets, but not later than the 90th day after the rules are issued.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §902

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(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.

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 20, Education

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110