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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2947 

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, 2021 

Ms. SLOTKIN (for herself, Mr. SCHNEIDER, Mr. UPTON, and Mrs. MCCLAIN) 

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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Accountability of Lead3 ers in Education to Report Title IX Investigations Act’’ 

4 or the ‘‘ALERT Act’’. 

5 SEC. 2. REVIEW OF TITLE IX INVESTIGATIONS. 

6 Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 

7 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 

8 following: 

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

10 certification to the Secretary affirming that— 

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

12 equivalent officer) and not less than 1 addi13 tional member of the institution’s board of 

14 trustees (or a designee of the board) have com15 pleted a comprehensive review of any incident 

16 involving a covered employee that was reported 

17 to the title IX coordinator at that institution in 

18 the previous 12 months involving an offense de19 scribed in section 485(f)(8)(A)(i); and 

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

21 who completed the comprehensive review did 

22 not interfere with or influence any investigation 

23 or disposition relating to the reported incident. 

24 ‘‘(B) In this paragraph— 

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

26 a review that includes, at a minimum— 


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1 ‘‘(I) a review of— 

2 ‘‘(aa) material findings of fact re3 lating to the incident that was re4 ported to the title IX coordinator; 

5 ‘‘(bb) the basis for any conclu6 sions about whether a covered em7 ployee violated a policy of the institu8 tion; and 

9 ‘‘(cc) the disposition of any com10 plaints arising from the reported inci11 dent, including any sanctions imposed 

12 on a covered employee; and 

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

14 the individual reporting such incident from 

15 such review, and a prohibition against 

16 sharing the identity of the individual with17 out the consent of such individual; 

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

19 ‘‘(I) means— 

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

21 institution; or 

22 ‘‘(bb) an individual who was act23 ing as an employee of the institution, 

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1 ing on behalf of the institution, at the 

2 time of the incident that was reported 

3 to the title IX coordinator; and 

4 ‘‘(II) does not include an under5 graduate student; and 

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

7 a responsible employee, as described in section 

8 106.8(a) of title 34, Code of Federal Regula9 tions, designated to coordinate efforts under 

10 title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 

11 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.).’’. 

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