Strengthening Educator Workforce Data Act

The Strengthening Educator Workforce Data Act requires the Department of Education to collect and publish detailed statistics on the experience, licensing, and demographics of public school teachers and principals. This new data will include specific metrics such as the number of full-time staff, their years of experience broken down into categories, and whether they hold full state certification or specialized credentials in subjects like math and special education. The bill mandates that this information be disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and sex, and presented in an accessible report with visual aids to help identify workforce trends across different states. Additionally, the legislation ensures that while data is made public, the privacy of individual educators is protected by keeping personally identifiable information confidential. These changes will apply to all future civil rights data collections conducted by the Department of Education.