PERSONNEL COMPENSATION. RECRUITMENT. AND RETENTION STUDIES.

SEC. 5113. PERSONNEL COMPENSATION. RECRUITMENT. AND RETENTION STUDIES. (a) In General.—The Secretary shall conduct such studies and gather such information as may be necessary to prepare a report that the Secretary shall submit to the Congress by no later than the date that is 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act. The report shall compare personnel compensation in Bureau funded schools with— (1) nearest public schools that— (A) have successful educational programs, and (B) are comparable in size, geographic location, grade levels, and student population characteristics to Bureau funded schools, and (2) schools operated within the United States by the Department of Defense. (b) Inclusions.—The report required under subsection (a) shall include— (1) detailed information on the current salaries and personnel benefits for comparable positions in the Bureau funded schools and the schools described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), (2) a comparison of starting salaries, tenure, length of service, educational and certification requirements, length of work year and work day, and fringe benefits between Bureau funded schools and the schools described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a), (3) a projection of the compensation factors described in para-graphs (1) and (2) for Bureau funded schools and the schools described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) over the next five years, and (4) such additional information and analysis as the Secretary deems appropriate. (c) Funding and Staff.— (1) The cost of the studies and the report required under subsection (a) (including, but not limited to, costs for all con-102 STAT. 378tracts, travel, and staff assigned to the study) shall be paid from amounts appropriated to the Bureau’s Management and Administration subactivity of the General Administration activity, except that the salaries and personnel benefits of employees detailed to the study from the Office of Indian Education of the Bureau may continue to be charged to the amounts appropriated to the Bureau’s Education account. (2) If the Secretary does not conduct the studies required under subsection (a) by contract, the staff detailed to work on the studies and report required under subsection (a) shall include not less than two career employees from the Office of Indian Education of the Bureau who have substantial experience in the administration (at the level of an agency office! of school operations and in the drafting of personnel regulations, including but not limited to those under this Act. (d) Contracts.—The Secretary may conduct part or all of the studies required under subsection (a) through contracts entered into with one or more Indian education organizations. (e) Additional Studies.—The Secretary shall conduct such other studies of personnel compensation and recruitment in Bureau funded and public schools as are desirable in carrying out the purposes of title 11 of the Education Amendments of 1978. (f) Definitions.—For purposes of this section— (1) The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Interior. (2) The term “Bureau” means the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior.