Strengthening Educator Workforce Data Act

The Strengthening Educator Workforce Data Act requires the U.S. Department of Education to collect and publish detailed information about public school teachers and principals. This new data will include the number of full-time staff, their years of experience broken down into specific categories, and details on whether they hold required state licenses and certifications in subjects like math, science, and special education. The collected information will be further analyzed by race, ethnicity, and sex to reveal patterns in the educator workforce, with results presented in accessible formats such as graphs and percentages. To protect individual privacy, the bill mandates that the department keep personally identifiable information confidential while making the underlying data publicly available online. These changes will apply to all future civil rights data collections conducted by the Department of Education.