10 USC § 8544 - Civilian teachers: number; compensation

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identifier: "/us/usc/t10/s8544"
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title: "10 USC § 8544 - Civilian teachers: number; compensation"
title_number: 10
title_name: "ARMED FORCES"
section_number: "8544"
section_name: "Civilian teachers: number; compensation"
chapter_number: 855
chapter_name: "UNITED STATES NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EDUCATION AND TRAINING"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 437, § 7044; Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, § 557(a)(4)(A), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1915; renumbered § 8544, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)"
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# § 8544. Civilian teachers: number; compensation

The Secretary of the Navy may employ as many civilians as he considers necessary to serve at the Naval Postgraduate School under the direction of the President of the school as senior professors, professors, associate professors, assistant professors, and instructors. The Secretary shall prescribe the compensation of those persons.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 70A Stat. 437, § 7044; Pub. L. 108–375, div. A, title V, § 557(a)(4)(A), Oct. 28, 2004, 118 Stat. 1915; renumbered § 8544, Pub. L. 115–232, div. A, title VIII, § 807(c)(1), Aug. 13, 2018, 132 Stat. 1836.)

| Revised section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 7044 | 34 U.S.C. 1076b (less last sentence). | July 31, 1947, ch. 420, § 3 (less last sentence), 61 Stat. 706; Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1076, § 1(21), 68 Stat. 968. |

The words “as many * * * as he considers necessary” are substituted for the words “such number * * * as in his opinion may be necessary for the proper instruction of students in the theoretical, academic, and scientific subjects pertaining to the technical and practical aspects of the naval profession” for brevity.

## Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 8544, , , restricted performance of civil functions by commissioned officers of Regular Air Force, prior to repeal by , , . See .

### Amendments

2018— renumbered  as this section.

2004— substituted “President of the school” for “Superintendent”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 2018 Amendment

Amendment by  effective , with provision for the coordination of amendments and special rule for certain redesignations, see , set out as a note preceding .