[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3736 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3736

    To strengthen Federal data collection regarding the teacher and 
                          principal workforce.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 6, 2024

Mr. Durbin (for himself and Mr. Booker) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
    To strengthen Federal data collection regarding the teacher and 
                          principal workforce.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening Educator Workforce 
Data Act''.

SEC. 2. CIVIL RIGHTS DATA COLLECTION ON THE EDUCATOR WORKFORCE.

    (a) Mandatory Educator Workforce Data Collection.--In carrying out 
the civil rights data collection required under section 203(c)(1) of 
the Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3413(c)(1)), 
the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department shall, as 
part of the data collection, collect and publish the data described in 
subsection (b) on the educator workforce with respect to teachers and 
principals.
    (b) Metrics.--
            (1) In general.--A civil rights data collection described 
        in subsection (a) shall include the following metrics from each 
        local educational agency and public elementary school or 
        secondary school that is required to respond to such data 
        collection:
                    (A) Principal data.--For each local educational 
                agency, the following data regarding principals 
                employed at public elementary schools and secondary 
                schools served by the local educational agency:
                            (i) The number of full-time principals 
                        employed.
                            (ii) Including the year of the data 
                        collection--
                                    (I) the median number of years of 
                                principal experience of full-time 
                                principals employed; and
                                    (II) the years of experience of the 
                                full-time principals employed, based on 
                                the following categories:
                                            (aa) Less than 1 year of 
                                        principal experience.
                                            (bb) At least 1 year but 
                                        less than 3 years of principal 
                                        experience.
                                            (cc) At least 3 years but 
                                        less than 7 years of principal 
                                        experience.
                                            (dd) At least 7 years but 
                                        less than 15 years of principal 
                                        experience.
                                            (ee) 15 or more years of 
                                        principal experience.
                    (B) Teacher data.--For each local educational 
                agency and public elementary school or secondary 
                school, the following data regarding teachers employed 
                at all public elementary schools and secondary schools 
                served by a local educational agency, and each such 
                school, respectively:
                            (i) The number of full-time teachers 
                        employed.
                            (ii) Including the year of the data 
                        collection, but excluding student teaching and 
                        similar teaching preparation experiences--
                                    (I) the median number of years of 
                                teaching experience of full-time 
                                teachers employed; and
                                    (II) the years of experience of the 
                                full-time teachers employed, based on 
                                the following categories:
                                            (aa) Less than 1 year of 
                                        teaching experience.
                                            (bb) At least 1 year but 
                                        less than 2 years of teaching 
                                        experience.
                                            (cc) At least 2 years but 
                                        less than 5 years of teaching 
                                        experience.
                                            (dd) At least 5 years but 
                                        less than 10 years of teaching 
                                        experience.
                                            (ee) At least 10 years but 
                                        less than 20 years of teaching 
                                        experience.
                                            (ff) 20 or more years of 
                                        teaching experience.
                            (iii) The number of full-time teachers 
                        employed who meet all State licensing and 
                        certification requirements.
                            (iv) The number of full-time teachers 
                        employed who do not meet all State licensing 
                        and certification requirements.
                            (v) The numbers of full-time teachers 
                        employed who meet all State license, 
                        certificate, and endorsement requirements in 
                        each of the following:
                                    (I) Mathematics.
                                    (II) Science.
                                    (III) English as a second language.
                                    (IV) Special education.
            (2) Disaggregation and cross-tabulation.--The Secretary 
        shall collect the data described in paragraph (1) in a manner 
        that allows the disaggregation and cross-tabulation of each 
        data category (including each subcategory) described in such 
        paragraph by race, ethnicity, and sex, subject to subsection 
        (d).
    (c) Reporting Requirements.--
            (1) Special report.--Upon the conclusion of each civil 
        rights data collection that includes the data required under 
        subsection (b), the Secretary, acting through the Assistant 
        Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department, shall prepare a 
        special report regarding the educator workforce.
            (2) Contents.--The report required under paragraph (1) 
        shall--
                    (A) be accessible through the website of the Office 
                for Civil Rights of the Department;
                    (B) include information on--
                            (i) for each State, the total number of 
                        principals in the educator workforce, as 
                        calculated in the most recent civil rights data 
                        collection that includes the data required 
                        under subsection (b), based on a summary of the 
                        data collected in accordance with this section; 
                        and
                            (ii) for each State, the total number of 
                        teachers in the educator workforce, as 
                        calculated in such data collection, based on a 
                        summary of the data collected in accordance 
                        with this section; and
                    (C) for each category described in subparagraph 
                (B), present in an easily accessible manner, such as 
                through percentages or a graph or other visual 
                representation, the--
                            (i) disaggregated results based on race, 
                        ethnicity, and sex; and
                            (ii) the disaggregated results based on the 
                        years of experience categories under 
                        subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) or (B)(ii)(II) of 
                        subsection (b)(1), as applicable.
            (3) Access to data.--The Secretary shall make the 
        underlying data used for the report under paragraph (1) 
        accessible to the public through the website of the Office for 
        Civil Rights of the Department.
    (d) Data Privacy.--In carrying out data collection, disaggregation, 
cross-tabulation, and reporting in accordance with this section and 
under section 203(c)(1) of the Department of Education Organization Act 
(20 U.S.C. 3413(c)(1)), the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the 
Department shall coordinate with the Chief Privacy Officer of the 
Department to ensure that teacher and principal privacy is protected 
and that individually identifiable information about teachers and 
principals remains confidential.
    (e) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) ESEA definitions.--The terms ``Department'', 
        ``elementary school'', ``local educational agency'', 
        ``secondary school'', and ``State'' have the meanings given 
        such terms in section 8101 of the Elementary and Secondary 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7801).
            (2) Teacher.--The term ``teacher'' means an individual 
        employed as a teacher, including a preschool teacher, at a 
        public elementary school or secondary school.
    (f) Applicability.--This section shall apply with respect to each 
civil rights data collection required under section 203(c)(1) of the 
Department of Education Organization Act that begins on or after the 
date of enactment of this Act.
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