---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 U.S.C. § 7382d"
title: "42"
title_heading: "The Public Health and Welfare"
number: "7382d"
heading: "Fellowship awards"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/42/7382d"
units:
  - "Chapter 84 — Department of Energy"
  - "Subchapter XIV — Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowships"
---

# §7382d. Fellowship awards

- (a) **Fellowship recipient compensation—** Each recipient of a fellowship under this subchapter shall be paid during the fellowship period at a rate of pay that shall not exceed the minimum annual rate payable for a position under GS–13 of the General Schedule.
- (b) **Local educational agency—** The [Secretary](/usc/42/7382b.md?p=4) shall seek to ensure that no [local educational agency](/usc/42/7382b.md?p=2) penalizes a teacher who elects to participate in the Program.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 103–382, title V, § 516, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 4044.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The General Schedule, referred to in subsec. (a), is set out under section 5332 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.