§ 254.3 - Responsibilities.

(a) The Assistant Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness) shall:

(1) Monitor compliance with this part and the responsibilities of the Secretary of Defense as authorized by “National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993,” sections 4441, 4442, 4443, Public Law 102-484 (10 U.S.C. 1151, 1598, 2410c).

(2) The Director of Education, as the representative for the ASD(P&R), shall:

(i) Identify program needs and provide program direction.

(ii) Provide liaison and coordination with educational agencies, and school officials.

(iii) Oversee the funding of this program and ensure compliance with this memorandum.

(iv) Conduct a survey of States to identify those States that have alternative certification or licensure requirements for teachers, including those States that grant credit for service in the armed forces towards satisfying certification or licensure requirements for teachers.

(b) The Secretaries of the Military Departments shall:

(1) Ensure that separating Service members are informed about the subject program during preseparation counseling provided by Transition Assistance Offices.

(2) Ensure that installation Education Centers can, upon request, provide information and counseling on teacher training and certification, including alternative certification requirements.

(3) Ensure that separating employees are informed about this program during preseparation counseling by installation and activity Civilian Personnel Officers.

(4) Ensure that personnel management offices inform noncommissioned officers who will reach ten years of service during the current fiscal year (until September 30, 1997), who have the potential to perform as elementary or secondary school teachers, but who do not satisfy the minimum educational requirements to qualify for the program of the opportunity to obtain those qualifications within five years after discharge or release from active duty and apply for placement assistance within one year thereafter.

(c) The Secretary of the Navy shall, as executive agent for the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES), ensure DANTES is provided assistance and support in meeting its responsibilities in support of this program.