20 U.S.C. § 903 : US Code - Section 903: Administration

Search 20 U.S.C. § 903 : US Code - Section 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 section 902 of this title.
(b) Determination of exempt positions and individuals;
establishment of annual salary rate
Subject to section 5103 of title 5, the Secretary of Defense -
(1) shall determine the applicability of paragraph (22) of
section 5102(c) of title 5 to positions and individuals in the
Department of Defense; and
(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.