                  CHAPTER 68--NATIONAL EDUCATION REFORM
 
  SUBCHAPTER II--NATIONAL EDUCATION REFORM LEADERSHIP, STANDARDS, AND 
                               ASSESSMENTS
 
                 Part A--National Education Goals Panel
 
Sec. 5826. Director and staff; experts and consultants


(a) Director

    The Chairperson of the Goals Panel, without regard to the provisions 
of title 5 relating to the appointment and compensation of officers or 
employees of the United States, shall appoint a Director to be paid at a 
rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level V of the 
Executive Schedule.

(b) Appointment and pay of employees

                           (1) In general

        (A) The Director may appoint not more than 4 additional 
    employees to serve as staff to the Goals Panel without regard to the 
    provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive 
    service.
        (B) The employees appointed under subparagraph (A) may be paid 
    without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
    chapter 53 of that title relating to classification and General 
    Schedule pay rates, but shall not be paid a rate that exceeds the 
    maximum rate of basic pay payable for GS-15 of the General Schedule.

                      (2) Additional employees

        The Director may appoint additional employees to serve as staff 
    to the Goals Panel in accordance with title 5.

(c) Experts and consultants

    The Goals Panel may procure temporary and intermittent services of 
experts and consultants under section 3109(b) of title 5.

(d) Staff of Federal agencies

    Upon the request of the Goals Panel, the head of any department or 
agency of the United States may detail any of the personnel of such 
agency to the Goals Panel to assist the Goals Panel in its duties under 
this part.

(Pub. L. 103-227, title II, Sec. 206, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 138.)

                       References in Text

    Level V of the Executive Schedule, referred to in subsec. (a), is 
set out in section 5316 of Title 5, Government Organization and 
Employees.
    The provisions of title 5 governing appointments in the competitive 
service, referred to in subsec. (b)(1)(A), are classified generally to 
section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.
    The General Schedule, referred to in subsec. (b)(1)(B), is set out 
under section 5332 of Title 5.
