SEC. 8008.

DEPARTMENT STAFF

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SEC. 8008. DEPARTMENT STAFF.

Title VIII, as redesignated and amended by section 8001 of this Act,

is further amended by adding after section 8204 the following:

``SEC. 8205. <<NOTE: 20 USC 7825.>> DEPARTMENT STAFF.

``The Secretary shall--

``(1) not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of

the Every Student Succeeds Act, identify the number of

Department full-time equivalent employees who worked on or

administered each education program or project authorized under

this Act, as such program or project was in effect on the day

before such date of enactment, and publish such information on

the Department's website;

``(2) not later than 60 days after such date of enactment,

identify the number of full-time equivalent employees who worked

on or administered each program or project authorized under this

Act, as such program or project was in effect on the day before

such date of enactment, that has been eliminated or consolidated

since such date of enactment;

``(3) not later than 1 year after such date of enactment,

reduce the workforce of the Department by the number of

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full-time equivalent employees the Department identified under

paragraph (2); and

``(4) not later than 1 year after such date of enactment,

report to Congress on--

``(A) the number of full-time equivalent employees

associated with each program or project authorized under

this Act and administered by the Department;

``(B) the number of full-time equivalent employees

who were determined to be associated with eliminated or

consolidated programs or projects described in paragraph

(2);

``(C) how the Secretary has reduced the number of

full-time equivalent employees as described in paragraph

(3);

``(D) the average salary of the full-time equivalent

employees described in subparagraph (B) whose positions

were eliminated; and

``(E) the average salary of the full-time equivalent

employees who work on or administer a program or project

authorized by the Department under this Act,

disaggregated by employee function within each such

program or project.''

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