“To strengthen Federal data collection regarding the teacher and principal workforce.”
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This section expands the civil rights data collection required under section 203(c)(1) of the Department of Education Organization Act to include specified metrics on the educator workforce for teachers and principals at each local educational agency and public elementary or secondary school. The metrics cover the number of full-time principals and teachers employed; median years of experience and experience categories (e.g., less than 1 year, 1–3 years, 3–7 years, 7–15 years, or 15 or more years for principals; and less than 1 year, 1–2 years, 2–5 years, 5–10 years, 10–20 years, or 20 or more years for teachers); the number meeting or not meeting State licensing and certification requirements; and the number meeting requirements in mathematics, science, English as a second language, and special education. The Secretary must collect the data to allow disaggregation and cross-tabulation by race, ethnicity, and sex while protecting individual privacy through coordination with the Chief Privacy Officer. This section further requires preparation of a special report summarizing State-level totals for principals and teachers, with disaggregated results by race, ethnicity, sex, and experience categories presented in an accessible format such as percentages or graphs, and makes the underlying data publicly available on the Office for Civil Rights website. The requirements apply to each civil rights data collection beginning on or after the date of enactment.