This bill requires the federal government to collect more detailed information about teachers and principals working in public schools. Right now, the Department of Education collects some workforce data, but this bill expands what information must be gathered and made public.

Specifically, schools and school districts will need to report data about how many teachers and principals they employ, how experienced they are, and whether they have proper state certifications. For teachers, the bill also requires tracking how many are qualified to teach specific subjects like math, science, English as a second language, and special education. All of this information will be broken down by race, ethnicity, and sex so people can see if there are disparities in who is teaching in different schools.

The Department of Education will publish this data on its website in an easy-to-understand format with charts and percentages, so parents, researchers, and policymakers can see the makeup of the educator workforce across the country. The bill includes protections to keep individual teacher and principal names and personal information private—only the numbers and statistics will be public. This data collection will help identify whether certain schools or districts are struggling to hire experienced, fully certified teachers, and whether there are gaps in diversity among educators.