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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3736 

To strengthen Federal data collection regarding the teacher and principal 

workforce. 

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 

A BILL 

To strengthen Federal data collection regarding the teacher 

and principal workforce. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Educa5 tor Workforce Data Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. CIVIL RIGHTS DATA COLLECTION ON THE EDUCA7 TOR WORKFORCE. 

8 (a) MANDATORY EDUCATOR WORKFORCE DATA

9 COLLECTION.—In carrying out the civil rights data collec10 tion required under section 203(c)(1) of the Department 


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1 of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3413(c)(1)), 

2 the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department 

3 shall, as part of the data collection, collect and publish 

4 the data described in subsection (b) on the educator work5 force with respect to teachers and principals. 

6 (b) METRICS.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—A civil rights data collection 

8 described in subsection (a) shall include the fol9 lowing metrics from each local educational agency 

10 and public elementary school or secondary school 

11 that is required to respond to such data collection: 

12 (A) PRINCIPAL DATA.—For each local edu13 cational agency, the following data regarding 

14 principals employed at public elementary 

15 schools and secondary schools served by the 

16 local educational agency: 

17 (i) The number of full-time principals 

18 employed. 

19 (ii) Including the year of the data col20 lection— 

21 (I) the median number of years 

22 of principal experience of full-time 

23 principals employed; and 


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1 (II) the years of experience of the 

2 full-time principals employed, based 

3 on the following categories: 

4 (aa) Less than 1 year of 

5 principal experience. 

6 (bb) At least 1 year but less 

7 than 3 years of principal experi8 ence. 

9 (cc) At least 3 years but less 

10 than 7 years of principal experi11 ence. 

12 (dd) At least 7 years but 

13 less than 15 years of principal 

14 experience. 

15 (ee) 15 or more years of 

16 principal experience. 

17 (B) TEACHER DATA.—For each local edu18 cational agency and public elementary school or 

19 secondary school, the following data regarding 

20 teachers employed at all public elementary 

21 schools and secondary schools served by a local 

22 educational agency, and each such school, re23 spectively: 

24 (i) The number of full-time teachers 

25 employed. 


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1 (ii) Including the year of the data col2 lection, but excluding student teaching and 

3 similar teaching preparation experiences— 

4 (I) the median number of years 

5 of teaching experience of full-time 

6 teachers employed; and 

7 (II) the years of experience of the 

8 full-time teachers employed, based on 

9 the following categories: 

10 (aa) Less than 1 year of 

11 teaching experience. 

12 (bb) At least 1 year but less 

13 than 2 years of teaching experi14 ence. 

15 (cc) At least 2 years but less 

16 than 5 years of teaching experi17 ence. 

18 (dd) At least 5 years but 

19 less than 10 years of teaching ex20 perience. 

21 (ee) At least 10 years but 

22 less than 20 years of teaching ex23 perience. 

24 (ff) 20 or more years of 

25 teaching experience. 


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1 (iii) The number of full-time teachers 

2 employed who meet all State licensing and 

3 certification requirements. 

4 (iv) The number of full-time teachers 

5 employed who do not meet all State licens6 ing and certification requirements. 

7 (v) The numbers of full-time teachers 

8 employed who meet all State license, cer9 tificate, and endorsement requirements in 

10 each of the following: 

11 (I) Mathematics. 

12 (II) Science. 

13 (III) English as a second lan14 guage. 

15 (IV) Special education. 

16 (2) DISAGGREGATION AND CROSS-TABULA17 TION.—The Secretary shall collect the data de18 scribed in paragraph (1) in a manner that allows the 

19 disaggregation and cross-tabulation of each data cat20 egory (including each subcategory) described in such 

21 paragraph by race, ethnicity, and sex, subject to 

22 subsection (d). 

23 (c) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 

24 (1) SPECIAL REPORT.—Upon the conclusion of 

25 each civil rights data collection that includes the 


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1 data required under subsection (b), the Secretary, 

2 acting through the Assistant Secretary for Civil 

3 Rights of the Department, shall prepare a special re4 port regarding the educator workforce. 

5 (2) CONTENTS.—The report required under 

6 paragraph (1) shall— 

7 (A) be accessible through the website of 

8 the Office for Civil Rights of the Department; 

9 (B) include information on— 

10 (i) for each State, the total number of 

11 principals in the educator workforce, as 

12 calculated in the most recent civil rights 

13 data collection that includes the data re14 quired under subsection (b), based on a 

15 summary of the data collected in accord16 ance with this section; and 

17 (ii) for each State, the total number 

18 of teachers in the educator workforce, as 

19 calculated in such data collection, based on 

20 a summary of the data collected in accord21 ance with this section; and 

22 (C) for each category described in subpara23 graph (B), present in an easily accessible man24 ner, such as through percentages or a graph or 

25 other visual representation, the— 


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1 (i) disaggregated results based on 

2 race, ethnicity, and sex; and 

3 (ii) the disaggregated results based on 

4 the years of experience categories under 

5 subparagraph (A)(ii)(II) or (B)(ii)(II) of 

6 subsection (b)(1), as applicable. 

7 (3) ACCESS TO DATA.—The Secretary shall 

8 make the underlying data used for the report under 

9 paragraph (1) accessible to the public through the 

10 website of the Office for Civil Rights of the Depart11 ment. 

12 (d) DATA PRIVACY.—In carrying out data collection, 

13 disaggregation, cross-tabulation, and reporting in accord14 ance with this section and under section 203(c)(1) of the 

15 Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 

16 3413(c)(1)), the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of 

17 the Department shall coordinate with the Chief Privacy 

18 Officer of the Department to ensure that teacher and prin19 cipal privacy is protected and that individually identifiable 

20 information about teachers and principals remains con21 fidential. 

22 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

23 (1) ESEA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘Depart24 ment’’, ‘‘elementary school’’, ‘‘local educational 

25 agency’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘State’’ have the 


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1 meanings given such terms in section 8101 of the 

2 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

3 (20 U.S.C. 7801). 

4 (2) TEACHER.—The term ‘‘teacher’’ means an 

5 individual employed as a teacher, including a pre6 school teacher, at a public elementary school or sec7 ondary school. 

8 (f) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply with re9 spect to each civil rights data collection required under 

10 section 203(c)(1) of the Department of Education Organi11 zation Act that begins on or after the date of enactment 

12 of this Act. 

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