Sec. 201. Department of Education enforcement
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The Department of Education Organization Act ( 20 U.S.C. 3401 et seq. ) is amended— in section 203(b), by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: The Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights shall make publicly available on the Department’s website a list of each recipient of Federal financial assistance from the Department that is under investigation for a possible violation of any civil rights law that the Department enforces, the sanctions (if any) or findings issued pursuant to such investigation, and a copy of the final resolution letter, including resolution agreements, entered into by such recipient with the Secretary under any of the civil rights laws enforced by the Department.
Any document made publicly available shall have personally identifiable information redacted from it. Not later than 30 days after the termination of any resolution agreement described in paragraph (3), the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights shall transmit to the President and the Congress, and make publicly available on the Department’s website, the letter terminating the Department of Education’s monitoring of such agreement. ; and in section 205, by adding at the end the following new subsection:
Notwithstanding section 498A(b)(8) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education shall make publicly available on the Department’s website a list of each institution under investigation for a possible violation of section 485(f) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, the sanctions (if any) or findings issued pursuant to such investigation, and a copy of program reviews and resolution agreements entered into by such institution with the Secretary.
Any document made publicly available shall have personally identifiable information redacted from it. . Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of Education shall submit to Congress and make publicly available a report reviewing compliance with paragraphs
(3)and
(4)of section 203(b) of the Department of Education Organization Act ( 20 U.S.C. 3413(b) ) and subsection
(c)of section 205 of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 3415 ), as added by paragraph (1). Section 203(c) of the Department of Education Organization Act ( 20 U.S.C. 3413(c) ) is amended— in paragraph (3), by striking and after the semicolon; in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by adding at the end the following new paragraph: to impose a civil penalty to be paid by a recipient of Federal funds that has violated a law under the jurisdiction of the Office for Civil Rights, the amount of which shall be determined by the gravity and magnitude of the violation, and the imposition of which shall not preclude other remedies available under Federal law. .
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