PART III--TRAINING AND EDUCATION
CHAPTER 102--JUNIOR RESERVE OFFICERS' TRAINING CORPS
Sec. 2031. Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps
(a)(1) The Secretary of each military department shall
establish and maintain a Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, organized
into units, at public and private secondary educational institutions which
apply for a unit and meet the standards and criteria prescribed pursuant to
this section. The President shall promulgate regulations prescribing the
standards and criteria to be followed by the military departments in selecting
the institutions at which units are to be established and maintained and shall
provide for the fair and equitable distribution of such units throughout the
Nation, except that more than one such unit may be established and maintained
at any military institute.
(2) It is a purpose of the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps to
instill in students in United States secondary educational institutions the
values of citizenship, service to the United States, and personal
responsibility and a sense of accomplishment.
(b) No unit may be
established or maintained at an institution unless--
(1) the number of physically fit students in such unit who are in a grade
above the 8th grade and are citizens or nationals of the United States, or
aliens lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, is
not less than
(A) 10 percent of the number of students enrolled in the institution
who are in a grade above the 8th grade, or
(B) 100, whichever is less;
(2) the institution has adequate facilities for classroom instruction,
storage of arms and other equipment which may be furnished in support of the
unit, and adequate drill areas at or in the immediate vicinity of the
institution, as determined by the Secretary of the military department
concerned;
(3) the institution provides a course of military instruction of not less
than three academic years' duration, as prescribed by the Secretary of the
military department concerned;
(4) the institution agrees to limit membership in the unit to students
who maintain acceptable standards of academic achievement and conduct, as
prescribed by the Secretary of the military department concerned; and
(5) the unit meets such other requirements as may be established by the
Secretary of the military department concerned.
(c) The Secretary of the military department concerned shall, to support
the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program--
(1) detail officers and noncommissioned officers of an armed force under
his jurisdiction to institutions having units of the Corps as administrators
and instructors;
(2) provide necessary text materials, equipment, and uniforms and, to the
extent considered appropriate by the Secretary concerned, such additional
resources (including transportation and billeting) as may be available to
support activities of the program; and
(3) establish minimum acceptable standards for performance and
achievement for qualified units.
(d) Instead of, or in addition to, detailing officers and noncommissioned
officers on active duty under subsection (c)(1), the Secretary of the military
department concerned may authorize qualified institutions to employ, as
administrators and instructors in the program, retired officers and
noncommissioned officers, and members of the Fleet Reserve and Fleet Marine
Corps Reserve, whose qualifications are approved by the Secretary and the
institution concerned and who request such employment, subject to the
following:
(1) A retired member so employed is entitled to receive the member's
retired or retainer pay without reduction by reason of any additional amount
paid to the member by the institution concerned. In the case of payment of
any such additional amount by the institution concerned, the Secretary of
the military department concerned shall pay to that institution the amount
equal to one-half of the amount paid to the retired member by the
institution for any period, up to a maximum of one-half of the difference
between the member's retired or retainer pay for that period and the active
duty pay and allowances which the member would have received for that period
if on active duty. Notwithstanding the limitation in the preceding sentence,
the Secretary concerned may pay to the institution more than one-half of the
additional amount paid to the retired 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
paragraph shall be made from funds appropriated for that purpose.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such a retired member is
not, while so employed, considered to be on active duty or inactive duty
training for any purpose.
Sec. 2032. - Responsibility of the Secretaries of the military departments
to maximize enrollment and enhance efficiency
(a) Coordination. -
The Secretary of each military department, in establishing, maintaining,
transferring, and terminating Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps units
under section 2031 of this title, shall do so in a coordinated manner that
is designed to maximize enrollment in the Corps and to enhance
administrative efficiency in the management of the Corps.
