20 U.S.C. § 901 : US Code - Section 901: Definitions

Search 20 U.S.C. § 901 : US Code - Section 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,
(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).