Title 20, EducationRelease 119-102

§7825 Department Staff

Title 20 › CHAPTER 70 — STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVEMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS › SUBCHAPTER VIII — GENERAL PROVISIONS › Part B — Flexibility in the Use of Administrative and Other Funds › § 7825

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within 60 days after December 10, 2015, the Secretary must count and post on the Department website how many full‑time equivalent employees worked on each education program or project as it existed the day before December 10, 2015. The Secretary must also count, within the same 60 days, how many FTEs worked on any program or project that has been eliminated or consolidated since that date. Within 1 year after December 10, 2015, the Secretary must reduce the Department’s workforce by the number tied to those eliminated or consolidated programs. The Secretary must also report to Congress in that year with the FTE counts per program, the number linked to eliminated or consolidated programs, how the cuts were made, the average salary of the eliminated positions, and the average salary of current program staff broken down by job function.

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Title 20, §7825

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The Secretary shall—
(1)not later than 60 days after December 10, 2015, identify the number of Department full-time equivalent employees who worked on or administered each education program or project authorized under this chapter, as such program or project was in effect on the day before December 10, 2015, and publish such information on the Department’s website;
(2)not later than 60 days after December 10, 2015, identify the number of full-time equivalent employees who worked on or administered each program or project authorized under this chapter, as such program or project was in effect on the day before December 10, 2015, that has been eliminated or consolidated since December 10, 2015;
(3)not later than 1 year after December 10, 2015, reduce the workforce of the Department by the number of full-time equivalent employees the Department identified under paragraph (2); and
(4)not later than 1 year after December 10, 2015, report to Congress on—
(A)the number of full-time equivalent employees associated with each program or project authorized under this chapter 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 chapter, disaggregated by employee function within each such program or project.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Prior sections 7831 to 7835 were omitted in the general amendment of former subchapter IX of this chapter by Pub. L. 107–110. section 7831, Pub. L. 89–10, title IX, § 9121, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3782, related to improvement of educational opportunities for Indian children. section 7832, Pub. L. 89–10, title IX, § 9122, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3784, related to professional development. section 7833, Pub. L. 89–10, title IX, § 9123, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3786, authorized fellowships for Indian students. section 7834, Pub. L. 89–10, title IX, § 9124, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3787; amended Pub. L. 105–244, title IX, § 901(d), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1828, related to gifted and talented Indian students. section 7835, Pub. L. 89–10, title IX, § 9125, as added Pub. L. 103–382, title I, § 101, Oct. 20, 1994, 108 Stat. 3789, related to grants to tribes for education administrative planning and development.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Dec. 10, 2015, except with respect to certain noncompetitive programs and competitive programs, see section 5 of Pub. L. 114–95, set out as an

Effective Date

of 2015 Amendment note under section 6301 of this title.

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 7825

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102