102 STAT. 378
PUBLIC LAW 100-297—APR. 28, 1988 tracts, travel, and staff assigned to the study) shall be paid from amounts appropriated to the Bureau's Management and Administration subactivity of the General Administration activity, except that the salaries and personnel benefits of employees detailed to the study from the Office of Indian Education of the Bureau may continue to be charged to the amounts appropriated to the Bureau's Education account. (2) If the Secretary does not conduct the studies required under subsection (a) by contract, the staff detailed to work on the studies and report required under subsection (a) shall include not less than two career employees from the Office of Indian Education of the Bureau who have substantial experience in the administration (at the level of an agency office) of school operations and in the drafting of personnel regulations, including but not limited to those under this Act. (d) CONTRACTS.—The Secretary may conduct part or all of the studies required under subsection (a) through contracts entered into with one or more Indian education organizations. (e) ADDITIONAL STUDIES.—The Secretary shall conduct such other studies of personnel compensation and recruitment in Bureau funded and public schools as are desirable in carrying out the purposes of title 11 of the Education Amendments of 1978. (f) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— (1) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Interior. (2) The term "Bureau" means the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior. SEC..5114. REGULAR COMPENSATION OF NONVOLUNTARY FURLOUGHS.
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EDUCATORS;
(a) COMPENSATION.—Paragraph (1) of section 1131(h) of the Education Amendments of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 2011(h)(1)) is amended— (1) by inserting "or on the basis of the Federal Wage System schedule in effect for the locality" after "is applicable", (2) by striking out "The Secretary shall" and inserting in lieu thereof "(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the Secretary shall", and (3) by adding at the end thereof the following new subparagraphs: "(B) By no later than the close of the 6-month period beginning on the date of enactment of the Indian Education Amendments of 1988, the Secretary shall establish, for contracts for the 1991-1992 academic year, and thereafter, the rates of basic compensation, or annual salary rates, for the positions of teachers and counselors (including dormitory counselors and homeliving counselors) at the rates of basic compensation applicable (on the date of enactment of such Amendments and thereafter) to comparable positions in overseas schools under the Defense Department Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act, unless the Secretary establishes such rates within such 6-month period through collective bargaining with the appropriate union representative of the education employees that is recognized by the Bureau. "(C) By no later than the close of the 6-month period described in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall establish the rates of basic compensation or annual salary rates for the positions of teachers and counselors (including dormitory and home-living counselors)—
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