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Download official Senate Record PDFReturn to issue contextBy Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. Hirono, and Mr. Booker):
S. 4449. A bill to strengthen Federal data collection regarding the teacher and principal workforce; to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mr. DURBIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the text of the bill be printed in the Record.
S. 4449
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.