Sec. 562. Expanded eligibility to provide Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) instruction
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Section 2031 of title 10, United States Code, is amended— by redesignating subsections
(f)and
(g)as subsections
(g)and (h), respectively; and by inserting after subsection
(e)the following new subsection: Instead of, or in addition to, detailing officers and noncommissioned officers on active duty under subsection (c)(1) and authorizing the employment of retired officers and noncommissioned officers who are in receipt of retired pay and members of the Fleet Reserve and Fleet Marine Corps Reserve under subsections
(d)and (e), the Secretary of the military department concerned may authorize qualified institutions to employ as administrators and instructors in the program certain officers and noncommissioned officers who— are separated under honorable conditions within the past 5 years with at least 8 years of service, or are active participating members of the selected reserve at the time of application, for purposes of section 101(d) of this title, and have not yet reached retirement eligibility; and are approved by the Secretary and the institution concerned and who request such employment. Employment under this subsection shall be subject to the following conditions: The Secretary concerned shall pay to the institution an amount equal to one-half of the Department’s prescribed JROTC Instructor Pay Scale amount paid to the member by the institution for any period. The Secretary concerned may pay to the institution more than one-half of the amount paid to the member by the institution if (as determined by the Secretary)— the institution is in an educationally and economically deprived area; and the Secretary determines that such action is in the national interest. Payments by the Secretary concerned under this subsection shall be made from funds appropriated for that purpose. The Secretary concerned may require successful applicants to transfer to the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR). .