Congressional briefings

(a) In General Beginning not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act and ending 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education shall give a monthly briefing to Congress— (1) explaining the number of complaints that the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education (referred to in this Act as the Office) has received in the previous month regarding discrimination on the basis of race, color, or national origin in violation of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), disaggregated by the basis of discrimination; (2) describing how the Office plans to address those complaints and the investigations opened in response to those complaints; and (3) providing data about the length of time that those complaints remain open after being received by the Office. (b) Report Not later than 48 hours prior to each briefing described in subsection (a), the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education shall provide a written report to Congress that contains the information that will be presented at the next briefing, in a manner that protects personally identifiable information in accordance with applicable privacy laws.