Strengthening Educator Workforce Data Act
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Latest action (6 Feb 2024): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S423-424)
What this bill does
S. 3736, the Strengthening Educator Workforce Data Act, would require the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights to expand the existing Civil Rights Data Collection to include detailed information on public school teachers and principals. School districts and public elementary and secondary schools would need to report figures such as the number of full-time teachers and principals employed, their median years of experience, breakdowns by experience-level categories, whether teachers meet state licensing requirements, and whether they are certified in subjects like math, science, English as a second language, and special education. This data would be disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and sex, subject to privacy protections coordinated with the Department's Chief Privacy Officer to keep individual educators' information confidential.
The bill would primarily affect local educational agencies and public schools required to participate in the civil rights data collection, as well as the Department of Education, which would need to compile and publish a public report and underlying dataset on its website. Policymakers, researchers, and the public would gain access to more standardized information about the composition and experience levels of the educator workforce nationwide, broken down by demographic categories and by state.
The bill was introduced in the Senate on February 6, 2024, by Senator Richard Durbin, with Senator Cory Booker as a cosponsor, and was referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. It has not received a vote and, according to available records, has not advanced further in the legislative process.
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Timeline
6 Feb 2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S423-424)
Common questions
- What does S. 3736 do?
- S. 3736, the Strengthening Educator Workforce Data Act, would require the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights to expand the existing Civil Rights Data Collection to include detailed information on public school teachers and principals. School districts and public elementary and secondary schools would need to report figures such as the number of full-time teachers and principals employed, their median years of experience, breakdowns by experience-level categories, whether teachers meet state licensing requirements, and whether they are certified in subjects like math, science, English as a second language, and special education. This data would be disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and sex, subject to privacy protections coordinated with the Department's Chief Privacy Officer to keep individual educators' information confidential. The bill would primarily affect local educational agencies and public schools required to participate in the civil rights data collection, as well as the Department of Education, which would need to compile and publish a public report and underlying dataset on its website. Policymakers, researchers, and the public would gain access to more standardized information about the composition and experience levels of the educator workforce nationwide, broken down by demographic categories and by state. The bill was introduced in the Senate on February 6, 2024, by Senator Richard Durbin, with Senator Cory Booker as a cosponsor, and was referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. It has not received a vote and, according to available records, has not advanced further in the legislative process.
- Has S. 3736 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for S. 3736. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored S. 3736?
- S. 3736 was sponsored by Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL), with 1 cosponsor.
- What's the latest action on S. 3736?
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S423-424) (6 Feb 2024).
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