Sec. 10902. Career development
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The Secretary and the Administrator shall implement and maintain a comprehensive career-long program of professional training for the personnel of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development, respectively. The Secretary and the Administrator shall ensure that in each fiscal year not less than 10 percent of personnel of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development receive professional training or participate in details, exchanges, fellowships, scholarships or other opportunities for professional development.
Section 701(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4021(b)) is amended to read as follows: The Secretary of State shall ensure that training offered by the institution— meets the training needs of all foreign affairs agencies; is made available on an equal basis to personnel of all foreign affairs agencies, including access to child care facilities, travel, per diem, and reimbursements; is responsive to requests by the heads of other agencies for the development and implementation of specialized training courses; and is evaluated regularly for cost-effectiveness and for results.
Other agencies shall avoid duplicating the facilities and training provided by the Secretary of State through the institution and otherwise. . Section 704(a)(4)(B) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 4024(a)(4)(B) ) is amended by striking language instructors, linguists, and other academic and training specialists and inserting education and training specialists, including language instructors and linguists, and other specialists who perform work directly relating to the design, delivery, oversight, or coordination of training delivered by the institution .
The Secretary and the Administrator shall each establish a set of mandatory training requirements for promotion into the Senior Foreign Service. The Secretary and the Administrator shall evaluate the effectiveness of all training and professional development programs for the personnel of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development, respectively, not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not less than once every 5 years after thereafter.
The results of such evaluations shall be made publicly available on the Internet.
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