20 U.S.C. § 929 : US Code - Section 929: Advisory Council on Dependents' Education

Search 20 U.S.C. § 929 : US Code - Section 929: Advisory Council on Dependents' Education

(a) Establishment; membership; Director
(1) There is established in the Department of Defense an Advisory
Council on Dependents' Education (hereinafter in this section
referred to as the "Council"). The Council shall be composed of -
(A) the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Education, or
their respective designees;
(B) 12 individuals appointed jointly by the Secretary of
Defense and the Secretary of Education who shall be individuals
who have demonstrated an interest in the field of primary or
secondary education and who shall include representatives of
professional employee organizations, school administrators, and
parents of students enrolled in the defense dependents' education
system, and one student enrolled in such system; and
(C) a representative of the Secretary of Defense and of the
Secretary of Education.
(2) Individuals appointed to the Council from professional
employee organizations shall be individuals designated by those
organizations.
(3) The Secretary of Defense, or the Secretary's designee, and
the Secretary of Education, or the Secretary's designee, shall
serve as cochairmen of the Council.
(4) The Director shall be the Executive Secretary of the Council.
(b) Terms of office of members
The term of office of each member of the Council appointed under
subsection (a)(2) of this section shall be three years, except that
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(1) of the members first appointed under such paragraph, four
shall serve for a term of one year, four shall serve for a term
of two years, and four shall serve for a term of three years, as
determined by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of
Education at the time of their appointment, and
(2) any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring before the
expiration of the term for which his predecessor was appointed
shall be appointed for the remainder of such term.
No member appointed under subsection (a)(2) of this section shall
serve more than two full terms on the Council.
(c) Meetings; functions
The Council shall meet at least two times each year. The
functions of the Council shall be to -
(1) recommend to the Director general policies for operation of
the defense dependents' education system with respect to
curriculum selection, administration, and operation of the
system,
(2) provide information to the Director from other Federal
agencies concerned with primary and secondary education with
respect to education programs and practices which such agencies
have found to be effective and which should be considered for
inclusion in the defense dependents' education system,
(3) advise the Director on the design of the study and the
selection of the contractor referred to in section 930(a)(2) of
this title, and
(4) perform such other tasks as may be required by the
Secretary of Defense.
(d) Compensation, etc., of members
Members of the Council who are not in the regular full-time
employ of the United States shall, while attending meetings or
conferences of the Council or otherwise engaged in the business of
the Council, be entitled to receive compensation at the daily
equivalent of the rate specified at the time of such service for
level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5,
including traveltime, and while so serving on the business of the
Council away from their homes or regular places of business, they
may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of
subsistence, as authorized by section 5703 of title 5 for persons
employed intermittently in the Government service.
(e) Termination
The Council shall continue in existence until terminated by law.