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PUBLIC LAW 86-91-JULY 17, 1959

[73 S T A T.

REGULATIONS OF SECRETARY OF DEFENSE

SEC. 4. (a) Not later than the ninetieth day following the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe and issue regulations to carry out the purposes of this Act. Such regulations shall govern— (1) the establishment of teaching positions; (2) the fixing of the rates of basic compensation for teaching positions in relation to the rates of basic compensation for similar positions in the United States; (3) the entitlement of teachers to compensation; (4) the payment of compensation to teachers; (5) the appointment of teachers; (6) the conditions of employment of teachers; (7) the l e n ^ h of the school year or school years applicable to teaching positions; (8) the leave system for teachers; (9) quarters, allowances, and additional compensation for teachers; and (10) such other matters as may be relevant and appropriate to the purposes of this Act. (b) The regulations prescribed and issued by the Secretary of Defense under subsection (a) of this section shall become effective on such date as the Secretary of Defense shall prescribe but riot later than the ninetieth day following the date of issuance of such regulations. ADMINISTRATION

63 Stat. 956. Ante. p. 213.

SEC. 5. (a) The secretary of each military department in the Department of Defense shall conduct the employment and salary practices applicable to teachers and teaching positions in his military department in accordance with this Act, other applicable law, and the regulations prescribed and issued by the Secretary of Defense under section 4 of this Act. (b) Subject to section 203 of the Classification Act of 1949 (5 U.S.C. 1083), the secretary of each military department— (1) shall determine the applicability of paragraph (32) of section 202 of such Act, as added by section 3 of this Act, to positions and individuals in his military department, and (2) shall establish the appropriate annual salary rate in accordance with this Act for each such position and individual to which such paragraph (32) is determined to be applicable. (c) The Secretary of each military department shall fix the rates of basic compensation of teachers and teaching positions in his military department in relation to the rates of basic compensation for similar positions in the United States but no such rate of basic compensation so fixed shall exceed the highest rate of basic compensation for similar positions of a comparable level of duties and responsibilities under the municipal government of the District of Columbia. (d) The Secretary of each military department may prescribe and issue such regulations as he deems appropriate to carry out his functions under this Act. LEAVE

SEC. 6. (a) Subject to the regulations prescribed and issued by the Secretary of Defense under section 4 of this Act, each teacher (other than an individual employed as a substitute teacher) shall be entitled to cumulative leave, with pay, which shall accrue at the rate of one day for each calendar month, or part thereof, of a school year, except that—

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