Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 20 : Section 901


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/19/04
Section 901. Definitions

      For the purposes of this chapter, the term - 
        (1) "teaching position" means those duties and responsibilities
      which - 
          (A) are performed on a school-year basis principally in a
        school operated by the Department of Defense in an overseas
        area for dependents of members of the Armed Forces and
        dependents of civilian employees of the Department of Defense,
        or are performed by an individual who carried out certain
        teaching activities identified in regulations prescribed by the
        Secretary of Defense; and
          (B) involve - 
            (i) classroom or other instruction or the supervision or
          direction of classroom or other instruction; or
            (ii) any activity (other than teaching) which requires
          academic credits in educational theory and practice equal to
          the academic credits in educational theory and practice
          required for a bachelor's degree in education from an
          accredited institution of higher education; or
            (iii) any activity in or related to the field of education
          notwithstanding that academic credits in educational theory
          and practice are not a formal requirement for the conduct of
          such activity.

        (2) "teacher" means an individual - 
          (A) who is a citizen of the United States,
          (B) who is a civilian, and
          (C) who is employed in a teaching position described in
        paragraph (1).

        (3) "overseas area" means any area situated outside the United
      States.
        (4) "United States", when used in a geographical sense, means
      the several States of the United States of America, the District
      of Columbia, Hawaii, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Canal
      Zone, and the possessions of the United States (excluding the
      Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands and Midway Islands).



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