Congress·In Committee·S. 4449

Strengthening Educator Workforce Data Act

Educator Workforce: New Data Collection Requirements

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Next up: A senate committee

This bill was introduced in the Senate and is currently being reviewed by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. It is in the early stages of the legislative process and has no upcoming votes scheduled at this time. The bill is considered active as it waits for the committee to decide on its next steps.

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Unlikely to pass

While tracking teacher quality is a common goal, the focus on civil rights data and the lack of Republican cosponsors make it difficult to pass in a divided Congress.

How we got here

This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from S. 3736 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
S. 3736 (118th) →

Key Points

This bill requires the Department of Education to collect more detailed information about teachers and principals in public schools. This data would be added to the regular civil rights reports that schools already send to the federal government.
Schools would have to report exactly how many years of experience their teachers and principals have. It also tracks whether teachers are fully licensed and if they are certified to teach specific subjects like math, science, special education, and English as a second language.
The information must be broken down by race, ethnicity, and sex. This is intended to help the government and the public see if certain schools or students have less access to experienced or diverse educators.
The Department of Education would be required to publish a special report with this data on its website. The report would use graphs and charts to make the information easy for the public to understand while keeping the names of individual teachers and principals private.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

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Apr 30, 2026Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2173-2174)

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Apr 30, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Strengthening Educator Workforce Data Act

Bill NumberS 4449

Congress119th Congress

ChamberSenate

Latest ActionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2173-2174)

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