 
           CHAPTER 25A--OVERSEAS DEFENSE DEPENDENTS' EDUCATION
 
Sec. 922. Administration of defense dependents' education system


(a) Operation; Director

    The defense dependents' education system is operated through the 
field activity of the Department of Defense known as the Department of 
Defense Education Activity. That activity is headed by a Director, who 
is a civilian and is selected by the Secretary of Defense. The Director 
reports to an Assistant Secretary of Defense designated by the Secretary 
of Defense for purposes of this chapter.

(b) Implementation of program functions of Secretary of Defense through 
        Director

    Except with respect to the authority to prescribe regulations, the 
Secretary of Defense may carry out his functions under this chapter 
through the Director.

(c) Functions of Director

    The Director shall--
        (1) establish personnel policies, consistent with the Defense 
    Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act (20 
    U.S.C. 901 et seq.), for employees in the defense dependents' 
    education system,
        (2) have authority to transfer professional employees in the 
    defense dependents' education system from one position to another,
        (3) prepare a unified budget for each fiscal year, which shall 
    include necessary funds for construction and operation and 
    maintenance of facilities, for the defense dependents' education 
    system for inclusion in the Department of Defense budget for that 
    year,
        (4) have authority to establish, in accordance with section 928 
    of this title, local school advisory committees,
        (5) have authority to arrange for inservice and other training 
    programs for employees in the defense dependents' education system, 
    and
        (6) perform such other functions as may be required or delegated 
    by the Secretary of Defense or the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
    designated under subsection (a) of this section.

(d) Establishment of regional or area offices; reports to Congress on 
        reorganizations; authorized number of civilian employees

    (1) The Director shall establish appropriate regional or area 
offices in order to provide for thorough and efficient administration of 
the defense dependents' education system.
    (2) Whenever the Department of Defense Education Activity is 
reorganized in a manner that affects the defense dependents' education 
system, the Secretary of Defense shall submit a report to the Congress 
describing the reorganization.
    (3) Subject to the approval of the Secretary of Defense, the 
Department of Defense Education Activity is authorized an appropriate 
number of civilian employees in its central office and such regional or 
area office as are established pursuant to paragraph (1).

(Pub. L. 95-561, title XIV, Sec. 1403, Nov. 1, 1978, 92 Stat. 2365; Pub. 
L. 106-65, div. A, title III, Sec. 354(2), Oct. 5, 1999, 113 Stat. 572; 
Pub. L. 106-398, Sec. 1 [[div. A], title X, Sec. 1087(g)(8)], Oct. 30, 
2000, 114 Stat. 1654, 1654A-294.)

                       References in Text

    The Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices 
Act, referred to in subsec. (c)(1), is Pub. L. 86-91, July 17, 1959, 73 
Stat. 213, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 25 
(Sec. 901 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this 
Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 901 of this 
title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    2000--Subsec. (c)(6). Pub. L. 106-398 struck out ``the'' before 
``the Assistant Secretary of Defense''.
    1999--Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 354(2)(A), amended section catchline.
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 354(2)(A), added subsec. (a) and 
struck out former subsec. (a) which read as follows:
    ``(1) There is established within the Department of Defense an 
office to be known as the Office of Dependents' Education.
    ``(2) The Office of Dependents' Education shall be headed by a 
Director of Dependents' Education (hereinafter in this chapter referred 
to as the `Director'), who shall be a civilian and who shall be selected 
by the Secretary of Defense and shall report to the Assistant Secretary 
of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, and Logistics.''
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 354(2)(B), made technical 
amendment to reference in original act which appears in text as 
reference to this chapter.
    Subsec. (c)(1). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 354(2)(C), inserted ``(20 
U.S.C. 901 et seq.)'' after ``Personnel Practices Act''.
    Subsec. (c)(2). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 354(2)(D), substituted a comma 
for the period at end.
    Subsec. (c)(6). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 354(2)(E), substituted ``the 
Assistant Secretary of Defense designated under subsection (a) of this 
section'' for ``Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve 
Affairs, and Logistics''.
    Subsec. (d)(1). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 354(2)(F), struck out ``for the 
Office of Dependents' Education'' after ``area offices''.
    Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 354(2)(G), struck out first 
sentence which read: ``Not later than six months after November 1, 1978, 
the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Congress a report (A) 
describing the organization of the Office of Dependents' Education in 
accordance with paragraph (1), (B) describing the assignment of 
personnel to the central office of the Office of Dependents' Education 
and to such regional or area offices as are established pursuant to 
paragraph (1), and (C) detailing the personnel requirements of the 
defense dependents' education system.'' and substituted ``Whenever the 
Department of Defense Education Activity'' for ``Whenever the Office of 
Dependents' Education'', ``in a manner that affects the defense 
dependents' education system'' for ``after the submission of the report 
required under the preceding sentence'', and ``a report'' for ``an 
additional report''.
    Subsec. (d)(3). Pub. L. 106-65, Sec. 354(2)(H), substituted ``the 
Department of Defense Education Activity'' for ``the Office of 
Dependents' Education''.
