20 U.S.C. § 928 — School advisory committees

(a) Establishment; functions; membership (1) The Director^* must provide for the establishment of an advisory committee for each school in the defense dependents’ education system. An advisory committee for a school must advise the principal or superintendent of the school for the operation of the school, may make recommendations for curriculum and budget matters, and, except as provided under paragraph (2), must advise the local military commander for problems concerning dependents’ education within the jurisdiction of the commander. The membership of each such advisory committee must include an equal number of parents of students enrolled in the school and of employees working at the school and, when appropriate, may include a student enrolled in the school. The membership of each such advisory committee must also include one nonvoting member designated by the organization recognized as the exclusive bargaining representative of the employees working at the school. (2) In the case of any military installation or overseas area^* where there is more than one school in the defense dependents’ education system, the Director must provide for the establishment of an advisory committee for such military installation or overseas area to advise the local military commander for problems concerning dependents’ education within the jurisdiction of the commander. (b) Election of members; regulations respecting qualifications and election procedures Except in the case of a nonvoting member designated under the last sentence of subsection (a)(1), members of a school advisory committee established under this section must be elected by individuals of voting age residing in the area to be served by the advisory committee. The Secretary of Defense must by regulation prescribe the qualifications for election to an advisory committee and procedures for conducting elections of advisory committee members. (c) Members to serve without pay Members of school advisory committees established under this section must serve without pay.