1995 US Code
Title 20 - EDUCATION
CHAPTER 25A - OVERSEAS DEFENSE DEPENDENTS’ EDUCATION
Sec. 922 - Office of Dependents’ Education

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§922. Office of Dependents’ Education (a) Establishment; appointment, etc., of Director

(1) There is established within the Department of Defense an office to be known as the Office of Dependents’ Education.

(2) The Office of Dependents’ Education shall be headed by a Director of Dependents’ Education (hereinafter in this chapter referred to as the “Director”), who shall be a civilian and who shall be selected by the Secretary of Defense and shall report to the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics.

(b) Implementation of program functions of Secretary of Defense through Director

Except with respect to the authority to prescribe regulations, the Secretary of Defense may carry out his functions under this chapter through the Director.

(c) Functions of Director

The Director shall—

(1) establish personnel policies, consistent with the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act [20 U.S.C. 901 et seq.], for employees in the defense dependents’ education system,

(2) have authority to transfer professional employees in the defense dependents’ education system from one position to another,

(3) prepare a unified budget for each fiscal year, which shall include necessary funds for construction and operation and maintenance of facilities, for the defense dependents’ education system for inclusion in the Department of Defense budget for that year,

(4) have authority to establish, in accordance with section 928 of this title, local school advisory committees,

(5) have authority to arrange for inservice and other training programs for employees in the defense dependents’ education system, and

(6) perform such other functions as may be required or delegated by the Secretary of Defense or the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics.

(d) Establishment of regional or area offices; organizational, etc., report to Congress; authorized number of civilian employees

(1) The Director shall establish appropriate regional or area offices for the Office of Dependents’ Education in order to provide for thorough and efficient administration of the defense dependents’ education system.

(2) Not later than six months after November 1, 1978, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress a report (A) describing the organization of the Office of Dependents’ Education in accordance with paragraph (1), (B) describing the assignment of personnel to the central office of the Office of Dependents’ Education and to such regional or area offices as are established pursuant to paragraph (1), and (C) detailing the personnel requirements of the defense dependents’ education system. Whenever the Office of Dependents’ Education is reorganized after the submission of the report required under the preceding sentence, the Secretary of Defense shall submit an additional report to the Congress describing the reorganization.

(3) Subject to the approval of the Secretary of Defense, the Office of Dependents’ Education is authorized an appropriate number of civilian employees in its central office and such regional or area office as are established pursuant to paragraph (1).

(Pub. L. 95–561, title XIV, §1403, Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2365.)

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “this Act”, probably meaning the “Defense Dependents’ Education Act of 1978”, title XIV of Pub. L. 95–561, Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2365, as amended. See References in Text note set out under section 921 of this title.

The Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is Pub. L. 86–91, July 17, 1959, 73 Stat. 213, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 25 (§901 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 901 of this title and Tables.