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Code · BILL · 115th Congress · H.R. 4702 (Introduced in House) — To provide accountability and protect whistleblowers in the Department of Education. · Sec. 14

Sec. 14. Measurement of Department of Education disciplinary process outcomes and effectiveness

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The Secretary of Education, in consultation with the Office of Management, shall measure and collect information on the outcomes of disciplinary actions carried out by the Department of Education during the three-year period ending on the date of the enactment of this Act and the effectiveness of such actions. In measuring and collecting pursuant to paragraph (1), the Secretary shall measure and collect information regarding the following: The average time from the initiation of an adverse action against an employee at the Department to the final resolution of that action.
The number of distinct steps and levels of review within the Department involved in the disciplinary process and the average length of time required to complete these steps. The rate of use of alternate disciplinary procedures compared to traditional disciplinary procedures and the frequency with which employees who are subject to alternative disciplinary procedures commit additional offenses. The number of appeals from adverse actions filed against employees of the Department, the number of appeals upheld, and the reasons for which the appeals were upheld.
The use of paid administrative leave during the disciplinary process and the length of such leave. Not later than December 31, 2017, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report on the disciplinary procedures and actions of the Department. The report submitted under paragraph
(1)shall include the following: The information collected under subsection (a). The findings of the Secretary with respect to the measurement and collection carried out under subsection (a). An analysis of the disciplinary procedures and actions of the Department. Suggestions for improving the disciplinary procedures and actions of the Department. Such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate. In this subsection, the term appropriate committees of Congress means— the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate; and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives.
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