2012 US Code
Title 20 - Education
Chapter 25 - PAY AND PERSONNEL PROGRAM FOR OVERSEAS TEACHERS (§§ 901 - 907)
Section 901 - Definitions
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Title 20 - EDUCATION |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 20 - EDUCATION CHAPTER 25 - PAY AND PERSONNEL PROGRAM FOR OVERSEAS TEACHERS Sec. 901 - Definitions |
Contains | section 901 |
Date | 2012 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 15, 2013 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Short Titles | Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act.</p> |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 86-91, §2, July 17, 1959, 73 Stat. 213; Pub. L. 104-201, div. A, title XVI, §1606(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2736; Pub. L. 105-85, div. A, title X, §1073(c)(9)(A), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1904. |
Statutes at Large References | 73 Stat. 213 80 Stat. 378 110 Stat. 2736 111 Stat. 1904 |
Public Law References | Public Law 86-91, Public Law 89-554, Public Law 104-201, Public Law 105-85 |
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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,
(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).
(Pub. L. 86–91, §2, July 17, 1959, 73 Stat. 213; Pub. L. 104–201, div. A, title XVI, §1606(a), Sept. 23, 1996, 110 Stat. 2736; Pub. L. 105–85, div. A, title X, §1073(c)(9)(A), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1904.)
References in TextFor definition of Canal Zone, referred to in par. (4), see section 3602(b) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
CodificationSection was formerly classified to section 2351 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.
Amendments1997—Par. (1)(A). Pub. L. 105–85 made technical corrections to Pub. L. 104–201, §1606(a)(1). See 1996 Amendment note below.
1996—Par. (1)(A). Pub. L. 104–201, §1606(a)(1), as amended by Pub. L. 105–85, inserted “or are performed by an individual who carried out certain teaching activities identified in regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Defense;” after “Defense,”.
Par. (2)(C). Pub. L. 104–201, §1606(a)(2), added subpar. (C) and struck out former subpar. (C) which read as follows: “whose services are required on a school-year basis in a teaching position.”
Effective Date of 1997 AmendmentPub. L. 105–85, div. A, title X, §1073(c), Nov. 18, 1997, 111 Stat. 1904, provided that the amendment made by that section is effective as of Sept. 23, 1996, and as if included in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997, Pub. L. 104–201, as enacted.
Short TitlePub. L. 86–91, §1, July 17, 1959, 73 Stat. 213, provided that: “This Act [enacting this chapter and provisions now contained in section 5102(c)(22) of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees] may be cited as the ‘Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act’.”
Termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific IslandsFor termination of Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, see note set out preceding section 1681 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.
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