I 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7250 
To strengthen Federal data collection regarding the teacher and principal 
workforce. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 6, 2024 
Mr. CARTWRIGHT (for himself, Mr. NUNN of Iowa, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, 
Mr. MORELLE, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. TRONE, and Ms. TOKUDA) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
the Workforce 
A BILL 
To strengthen Federal data collection regarding the teacher 
and principal workforce. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Strengthening Educa-
tor Workforce Data Act’’. 
SEC. 2. CIVIL RIGHTS DATA COLLECTION ON THE EDUCA-
TOR WORKFORCE. 
(a) MANDATORY
EDUCATOR
WORKFORCE
DATA 
COLLECTION.—In carrying out the civil rights data collec-
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(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 experi-
ence. 
(cc) At least 3 years but less 
than 7 years of principal experi-
ence. 
(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 edu-
cational 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, re-
spectively: 
(i) The number of full-time teachers 
employed. 
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(ii) Including the year of the data col-
lection, 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 experi-
ence. 
(cc) At least 2 years but less 
than 5 years of teaching experi-
ence. 
(dd) At least 5 years but 
less than 10 years of teaching ex-
perience. 
(ee) At least 10 years but 
less than 20 years of teaching ex-
perience. 
(ff) 20 or more years of 
teaching experience. 
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(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 licens-
ing and certification requirements. 
(v) The numbers of full-time teachers 
employed who meet all State license, cer-
tificate, and endorsement requirements in 
each of the following: 
(I) Mathematics. 
(II) Science. 
(III) English as a second lan-
guage. 
(IV) Special education. 
(2) 
DISAGGREGATION
AND
CROSS-TABULA-
TION.—The Secretary shall collect the data de-
scribed in paragraph (1) in a manner that allows the 
disaggregation and cross-tabulation of each data cat-
egory (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 
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data required under subsection (b), the Secretary, 
acting through the Assistant Secretary for Civil 
Rights of the Department, shall prepare a special re-
port 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 re-
quired under subsection (b), based on a 
summary of the data collected in accord-
ance 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 accord-
ance with this section; and 
(C) for each category described in subpara-
graph (B), present in an easily accessible man-
ner, such as through percentages or a graph or 
other visual representation, the— 
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(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 Depart-
ment. 
(d) DATA PRIVACY.—In carrying out data collection, 
disaggregation, cross-tabulation, and reporting in accord-
ance 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 prin-
cipal privacy is protected and that individually identifiable 
information about teachers and principals remains con-
fidential. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) ESEA DEFINITIONS.—The terms ‘‘Depart-
ment’’, ‘‘elementary school’’, ‘‘local educational 
agency’’, ‘‘secondary school’’, and ‘‘State’’ have the 
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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 pre-
school teacher, at a public elementary school or sec-
ondary school. 
(f) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply with re-
spect to each civil rights data collection required under 
section 203(c)(1) of the Department of Education Organi-
zation Act that begins on or after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
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