Federal Supervisor Education Act
Sponsored By: Representative Timmons
Passed House
Summary
Standardized supervisor training and clear management competencies for federal supervisors. This bill would require agencies, in consultation with the Office of Personnel Management, to set up mandatory supervisor training, management succession programs, and agency assessments to boost accountability and performance.
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- Supervisors: Must complete program components no later than 1 year after appointment and repeat components at least every 3 years. Training includes setting goals, appraisals, mentoring, handling unacceptable performance, probation, and addressing harassment.
- Federal employees: Expect clearer performance conversations, more mentoring, and formal development pathways tied to agency succession planning.
- Agencies and OPM: Agencies must create succession programs and assess supervisor capacity. OPM must issue guidance and regulations within 1 year and monitor program effectiveness.
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New training rules for federal supervisors
Agencies would set supervisor training and mentoring programs with individual plans and a succession pipeline, starting 1 year after enactment. New supervisors would finish training within 1 year (OPM could extend), and all supervisors would retrain at least every 3 years. Training would cover setting goals, appraisals, coaching, fair and merit-based workplaces, handling harassment and retaliation, poor performance and probation, and working with HR on hiring and rewards. OPM would issue guidance on supervisor skills at enactment and write rules within 1 year to monitor compliance and measure results. Programs would use adult-learning design, be instructor-led when possible, allow credit for similar past training, and include effectiveness checks.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Timmons
SC • R
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
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