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HR8636FEDERALin_committee

Strengthening Educator Workforce Data Act

April 30, 2026

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Where This Stands

Introduced
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Currently in_committee. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.

Last action
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.Apr 30, 2026

Version history

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The Frame

What this does

Public school districts will be required to report new, granular data on their staff's experience and certification levels to the federal government, which will then be published online for public review.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

Local educational agencies

They are required to collect and submit the specified workforce data to the Department of Education.

Public school teachers and principals

Their professional experience and certification data will be aggregated and reported to the federal government.

Department of Education

The agency is tasked with the new mandate to collect, analyze, and publish this specific workforce data.

What changed

Current stage: in_committee.

What's next

Floor Vote.

Summary

This bill requires the U.S. Department of Education to collect and publish detailed data on the experience levels, certification status, and demographics of teachers and principals in public schools. The goal is to improve federal civil rights data collection by tracking workforce trends across race, ethnicity, and sex.

Key Facts

  • Requires the Department of Education to collect and publish data on the experience, certification, and demographics of public school teachers and principals.
  • Mandates that principal data include total count, median years of experience, and experience broken into five specific categories (ranging from <1 year to 15+ years).
  • Mandates that teacher data include total count, median years of experience (in six categories), and certification status.
  • Requires reporting on the number of teachers who meet state licensing requirements in specific subjects: Mathematics, Science, English as a second language, and Special education.
  • Requires all collected data to be disaggregated and cross-tabulated by race, ethnicity, and sex.
  • Directs the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights to publish a special report on the educator workforce after each data collection cycle.
  • Requires the Department to make all underlying data publicly accessible on the Office for Civil Rights website.
  • Mandates coordination with the Chief Privacy Officer to ensure individual teacher and principal information remains confidential.
  • Applies to all civil rights data collections beginning on or after the date the Act is signed into law.

Why It Matters

Public school districts will be required to report new, granular data on their staff's experience and certification levels to the federal government, which will then be published online for public review.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will my personal information as a teacher be made public?
No. The bill explicitly requires the Department of Education to coordinate with the Chief Privacy Officer to ensure that individually identifiable information remains confidential.
What specific subjects are schools required to report on regarding teacher certification?
Schools must report on teacher certification status specifically for Mathematics, Science, English as a second language, and Special education.
Where will this data be available?
The Department of Education is required to publish the special report and the underlying data on the website of the Office for Civil Rights.

News Coverage

Lobbying Activity

AARP

$4,110,000

2026

HEALTH ISSUESMEDICARE/MEDICAIDLAW ENFORCEMENT/CRIME/CRIMINAL JUSTICEPHARMACY

P.L. 119-21, One Big Beautiful Bill Act H.R. 8867, Planning for Long-term Aging Needs (PLAN) Act H.R. 5861, Legacy Act of 2025 H.R. 9393, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act. H.R. 9396, the Prior Authorization Accountability Act. S. 4916, the Aging with Artificial Intelligence Act. H.R. 8100, Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act. S. 3886, Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act. H.R. 6766/S. 3492, the Essential Caregivers Act of 2025. H.R. 7966/S. 4118, Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act. S. 2120, the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 H.R. 5575, the Firefighters Assisting Seniors to Emergency Response (FASTER) Act of 2025. H.R. 3954/S. 4641, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act. H.R.5554/S.2831, Stand Strong for Medicare Act. S. 3439/H.R. 6735, Connecting Caregivers to Medicare Act and efforts related to the bill S. 1227/H.R. 2491, Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act S. 668/H.R. 3183, Supporting Access to Falls Education and Prevention and Strengthening Training Efforts and Promoting Safety Initiatives (SAFE STEPS) for Veterans Act of 2025 CMS-1851-P, Hospice Proposed rule. CMS-1843-P, Skilled Nursing Facility Proposed rule. CMS-1844-P, Home Health Proposed rule. No bill number. Health care transparency. No bill number. Discussed use of artificial intelligence and health data technology. No bill number. Discussed health-related policies and activities around the fall respiratory virus season. No bill number. Discussed health insurance affordability proposals. No bill number. Discussed Nursing Home staffing standards, safety, and quality. No bill number. Discussed Nursing home transparency and ownership requirements. No bill number. Discussed home health, hospice, and long-term care. No bill number. Discussed falls prevention. No bill number. Discussed social isolation. No bill number. Discussed HUD Assisted Living Requirements No bill number. Discussed family caregiving. No bill number. Discussed AARP paper on Medicare Caregiver Training Services. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid community engagement interim final rule, including the family caregiver exemption. No bill number. Discussed the paid direct care workforce in long-term care. No bill number. Discussed the unaffordability of long-term care. No bill number. Discussed Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program and Medicaid HCBS spousal impoverishment protections. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid fraud and family caregivers, Medicaid self-direction programs. No bill number. Discussed sandwich generation family caregiver hearing and submitted a statement for the record discussing family caregivers and sandwich generation caregivers, programs that support them, AARP caregiving resources, and federal policies to support sandwich generation caregivers and caregivers more broadly. No bill number. Discussed long-term care. No bill number. CMS-2453-NC; Medicaid Program; 2028 Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Quality Measure Set Submitted comments No bill number. Discussed expanding access to home care. No bill number. Discussed the increasing cost of home care No bill number. Discussed HSA use for telehealth chronic care management services/subscriptions. No bill number. Discussed artificial intelligence and technology

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Discoveries

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift95% confidence

Expansion of Civil Rights Data Collection

The bill shifts the focus of existing civil rights data collection from primarily student-centered metrics to include detailed workforce-centered metrics.

Connected Entities

personMr. SorensenThe House Representative who introduced the bill.Map →
organizationOffice for Civil RightsThe specific office within the Department of Education tasked with managing the Map →
organizationDepartment of EducationThe federal agency responsible for collecting and reporting the data.Map →

Analysis Score

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  • Significance65
    How much this matters to a regular citizen
  • Controversy20
    Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
  • Entertainment5
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  • Buzz15
    Current news / social attention level

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