CHAPTER 25 —PAY AND PERSONNEL PROGRAM FOR OVERSEAS TEACHERS
§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 Department 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 teaching activities identified in regulations prescribed 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 educational theory and practice equal to the academic credits in educational theory and practice required for a bachelor's degree in education from an accredited institution 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 involves instruction in the host-nation language, 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 geographical 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 possessions of the United States (excluding the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and Midway Islands).
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References in Text
For definition of Canal Zone, referred to in par. (4), see
Codification
Section was formerly classified to
Amendments
2014—Par. (2)(A).
1997—Par. (1)(A).
1996—Par. (1)(A).
Par. (2)(C).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1997 Amendment
Short Title
Executive Documents
Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
For termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding
§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 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.
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Codification
Section was formerly classified to
Amendments
1966—Subsec. (a)(2).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1966 Amendment
§903. Administration
(a) Employment and salary practices
The Secretary of Defense shall conduct the employment and salary practices applicable to teachers and teaching positions in the Department of Defense in accordance with this chapter, other applicable law, and the regulations prescribed and issued by the Secretary of Defense under
(b) Determination of exempt positions and individuals; establishment of annual salary rate
Subject to
(1) shall determine the applicability of paragraph (22) of
(2) shall establish the appropriate annual salary rate in accordance with this chapter for each such position and individual to which such paragraph (22) is determined to be applicable.
(c) Rates of basic compensation
The Secretary of Defense shall fix the basic compensation for teachers and teaching positions in the Department of Defense 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.
(d) Issuance of regulations by Secretary of Defense
The Secretary of Defense may prescribe and issue such regulations as he deems appropriate to carry out his functions under this chapter.
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Codification
In subsec. (b), "
Provisions of section 1(b) and (c) of
Section was formerly classified to
Amendments
1997—Subsec. (a).
Subsec. (b)(1).
1996—Subsec. (a).
Subsec. (b).
Subsec. (b)(1).
Subsec. (c).
Subsec. (d).
1980—Subsec. (e).
1966—Subsec. (c).
Subsec. (e).
1959—Subsec. (b).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1997 Amendment
Effective Date of 1966 Amendment
Amendments of this section by
Effective Date of 1959 Amendment
Amendment by
Teachers Employed by Canal Zone Government School System on September 30, 1979
Subsec. (c) of this section not to apply with respect to any teacher who was employed by the Canal Zone Government school system on September 30, 1979, and who was transferred from such position to a teaching position which is under the Department of Defense Overseas Dependent School System and the permanent duty station of which is in the Republic of Panama, until the rates of basic compensation established under subsec. (c) of this section equal or exceed the rates of basic compensation then in effect for teachers who were so transferred, see
§904. Leave
(a) Entitlement; amount
Subject to the regulations prescribed and issued by the Secretary of Defense under
(b) Saturdays, Sundays, holidays, and nonwork days
Saturdays, Sundays, regularly scheduled holidays, and other administratively authorized nonwork days shall not be considered to be days of leave for the purposes of subsection (a) of this section.
(c) Purposes for taking leave
Subject to the regulations prescribed and issued by the Secretary of Defense, leave earned by any teacher under subsection (a) of this section may be used by such teacher—
(1) for maternity purposes,
(2) in the event of the illness of such teacher,
(3) in the event of illness, contagious disease, or death in the immediate family of such teacher, and
(4) in the event of any personal emergency.
If appropriate advance notice is given of the intended absence of a teacher, not to exceed three days of such leave may be granted for any purpose in each school year to such teacher.
(d) Credit for persons holding teaching positions and for employees transferred, promoted or reappointed
Any individual—
(1) who is holding a position which is determined to be a teaching position, or
(2) who is an employee of the Federal Government or the municipal government of the District of Columbia who is transferred, promoted, or reappointed, without break in service, from a position under a different leave system to a teaching position,
shall be credited, for the purposes of the leave system provided by this section, with the annual and sick leave to his credit immediately prior to the effective date of such determination, transfer, promotion, or reappointment. Sick leave so credited shall be included in the leave provided for in subsection (a) of this section. Annual leave so credited shall not be included in the leave provided for in such subsection but shall be used under regulations which shall be prescribed by the Secretary of Defense.
(e) Excess of maximum amount of accumulated leave; reduction
In any case in which the amount of sick leave, which is to the credit of any individual under a different leave system immediately prior to the date on which he becomes subject as a teacher to the leave system provided by this section and which is included in the leave provided for in subsection (a) of this section, is in excess of the maximum amount of accumulated leave allowable under subparagraph (2) of such subsection, such excess shall remain to the credit of such teacher until used, but the use during any leave year of an amount in excess of the aggregate amount which shall have accrued during such year shall reduce automatically the maximum allowable amount of accumulated leave at the beginning of the next leave year until such amount no longer exceeds the maximum amount allowable under subparagraph (2) of subsection (a) of this section.
(f) Liquidation of unused leave upon separation
Any annual leave remaining, upon his separation from the service, to the credit of an individual within the purview of this section shall be liquidated in accordance with
(g) Transfer of leave credit for teachers transferred, promoted or reappointed to positions under different leave system
In the case of any teacher who is transferred, promoted, or reappointed, without break in service, to a position under a different leave system, the annual leave, and any other leave earned or credited under this section, which is to his credit immediately prior to such transfer, promotion, or reappointment, shall be transferred to his credit in the employing agency on an adjusted basis in accordance with regulations which shall be prescribed by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management.
(h) Voluntary leave transfer and bank programs
The Director of Dependents' Education, in consultation with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management—
(1) shall establish for teachers a voluntary leave transfer program similar to the one under subchapter III of
(2) may establish for teachers a voluntary leave bank program similar to the one under subchapter IV of
Only leave described in the last sentence of subsection (c) of this section (relating to leave that may be used by a teacher for any purpose) may be transferred under any program established under this subsection.
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Codification
In subsec. (f), "
Section was formerly classified to
Amendments
1994—Subsec. (a).
Subsec. (d).
Subsec. (h).
1984—Subsec. (a).
Executive Documents
Transfer of Functions
"Director of the Office of Personnel Management" substituted for "United States Civil Service Commission" in subsec. (g), pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1978, §102, 43 F.R. 36037,
§905. Quarters, quarters allowances, and storage
(a) Entitlement
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 quarters, quarters allowance, and storage as provided by this section.
(b) Furnishing of living quarters or grant of allowance
Each teacher (other than a teacher employed in a substitute capacity) shall be entitled, for each school year for which he performs services as a teacher, to quarters or a quarters allowance equal to those authorized by
(c) Recess periods
Each teacher (other than a teacher employed in a substitute capacity) who is performing services as a teacher at the close of a school year and agrees in writing to serve as a teacher for the next school year may be authorized, for the recess period immediately preceding such next school year—
(1) quarters or a quarters allowance equal to those authorized by
(2) in lieu of such quarters or quarters allowance, storage (including packing, drayage, unpacking, and transportation to and from storage) of his household effects and personal possessions.
(d) Failure to report for service; liability to United States
If a teacher does not report for service at the beginning of the next school year, he shall, except for reasons beyond his control and acceptable to the Department of Defense, be obligated to the United States in an amount equal to any quarters allowance which he may have received under subsection (c) of this section or in an amount equal to the reasonable value of any quarters or storage which he may have received under such subsection, or both, as the case may be.
(e) Employment in other positions during recess periods
Quarters, quarters allowance, and storage provided under this section shall be in lieu of any quarters, quarters allowance, and storage to which he otherwise might be entitled by reason of employment in another position during any recess period between two school years.
(f) Lease of military family housing by teacher assigned to teach at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba
(1) A teacher assigned to teach at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba, who is not accompanied at such station by any dependent shall be offered for lease any available military family housing at such station that is suitable for occupancy by the teacher and is not needed to house members of the armed forces and dependents accompanying them or other civilian personnel and any dependents accompanying them.
(2) For any period for which military family housing is leased under paragraph (1) to a teacher described in such paragraph, the teacher shall receive a quarters allowance in the amount determined under subsection (b). The teacher is entitled to such quarters allowance without regard to whether other Government furnished quarters are available for occupancy by the teacher without charge to the teacher.
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Editorial Notes
Codification
In subsecs. (b) and (c)(1), "
Section was formerly classified to
Amendments
2002—Subsec. (f).
1961—Subsec. (d).
Executive Documents
Delegation of Functions
Functions vested in President by subsec. (a) of this section concerning authority to prescribe regulations relating to quarters and quarters 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
Authority of President under subsec. (a) of this section to prescribe regulations relating to storage (including packing, drayage, unpacking, and transportation to and from storage) of household effects and personal possessions delegated to Administrator of General Services, see section 1(19) of Ex. Ord. No. 11609, July 22, 1971, 36 F.R. 13747, set out as a note under
Secretary of State empowered to prescribe regulations relating to cost-of-living allowances, see section 4(a) of Ex. Ord. No. 10903, Jan. 11, 1961, 26 F.R. 217, set out as a note under
§906. Entitlements in addition to basic compensation
(a) Cost-of-living increase and additional compensation
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
(2) additional compensation equal to that authorized under
(b) Post differential
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.
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Editorial Notes
Codification
In subsec. (a)(2), "
Section was formerly classified to
Amendments
1980—Subsec. (a)(1).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1980 Amendment
Amendment by
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
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
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
Regulations Applicable to Payment of Additional Compensation
For 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
§907. Applicability of other laws
In the case of any teacher who—
(1) is performing services as a teacher at the close of a school year,
(2) agrees in writing to serve as a teacher for the next school year, and
(3) is employed in another position in the recess period immediately preceding such next school year, or, during such recess period, receives quarters, allowances, or additional compensation referred to in
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Section was formerly classified to
Amendments
1964—Subsec. (b).