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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2421 

To ensure that certain incidents involving a covered employee that are reported to the title IX coordinator at an eligible institution of higher 

education have been reviewed by the president of the institution and 

not less than 1 additional member of the institution’s board of trustees, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 30, 2019 

Ms. SLOTKIN (for herself, Mr. UPTON, and Mr. MITCHELL) introduced the 

following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To ensure that certain incidents involving a covered employee 

that are reported to the title IX coordinator at an eligible 

institution of higher education have been reviewed by 

the president of the institution and not less than 1 

additional member of the institution’s board of trustees, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accountability of Lead5 ers in Education to Report Title IX Investigations Act’’ 

6 or the ‘‘ALERT Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. REVIEW OF TITLE IX INVESTIGATIONS. 

2 Section 487 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

3 U.S.C. 1094) is amended by adding at the end the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(30)(A) The institution will submit an annual 

6 certification to the Secretary affirming that— 

7 ‘‘(i) the president of the institution (or the 

8 equivalent officer) and not less than 1 addi9 tional member of the institution’s board of 

10 trustees (or a designee of the board) have com11 pleted a comprehensive review of any incident 

12 involving a covered employee that was reported 

13 to the title IX coordinator at that institution in 

14 the previous 12 months involving an offense de15 scribed in section 485(f)(8)(A)(i); and 

16 ‘‘(ii) the individuals described in clause (i) 

17 who completed the comprehensive review did 

18 not interfere with or influence any investigation 

19 or disposition relating to the reported incident. 

20 ‘‘(B) In this paragraph— 

21 ‘‘(i) the term ‘comprehensive review’ means 

22 a review that includes, at a minimum— 

23 ‘‘(I) a review of— 

24 ‘‘(aa) material findings of fact re25 lating to the incident that was re26 ported to the title IX coordinator; 


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1 ‘‘(bb) the basis for any conclu2 sions about whether a covered em3 ployee violated a policy of the institu4 tion; and 

5 ‘‘(cc) the disposition of any com6 plaints arising from the reported inci7 dent, including any sanctions imposed 

8 on a covered employee; and 

9 ‘‘(II) the redaction of the identity of 

10 the individual reporting such incident from 

11 such review, and a prohibition against 

12 sharing the identity of the individual with13 out the consent of such individual; 

14 ‘‘(ii) the term ‘covered employee’— 

15 ‘‘(I) means— 

16 ‘‘(aa) a full-time employee of the 

17 institution; or 

18 ‘‘(bb) an individual who was act19 ing as an employee of the institution, 

20 or who was paid by an entity con21 tracting with the institution and act22 ing on behalf of the institution, at the 

23 time of the incident that was reported 

24 to the title IX coordinator; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) does not include an under2 graduate student; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) the term ‘title IX coordinator’ means 

4 a responsible employee, as described in section 

5 106.8(a) of title 34, Code of Federal Regula6 tions, designated to coordinate efforts under 

7 title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 

8 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.).’’. 

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