# 119-hr-8636: Strengthening Educator Workforce Data Act

119-hr-8636, Strengthening Educator Workforce Data Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17] (D-IL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-8636
- Congress: 119
- Title: Strengthening Educator Workforce Data Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-04-30
- Sponsor: Rep. Sorensen, Eric [D-IL-17] (D-IL)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-21

## Summary

**This bill would require comprehensive educator workforce data collection and public reporting.** It would direct the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights to collect detailed metrics on principals and teachers and publish state-level reports and the underlying data. - Principals — Reports would include the number of full-time principals, the median years of principal experience, and the distribution across five experience categories (less than 1 year; 1 to less than 3 years; 3 to less than 7 years; 7 to less than 15 years; 15 or more years). - Teachers — Data would include the number of full-time teachers, the median years of teaching experience and distribution across six experience categories (less than 1 year; 1 to less than 2 years; 2 to less than 5 years; 5 to less than 10 years; 10 to less than 20 years; 20 or more years). It would also record counts of teachers who do and do not meet State licensing and certification requirements and counts of teachers meeting license/endorsement requirements in Mathematics, Science, English as a second language, and Special Education. - Schools and local educational agencies — The collection would cover public elementary and secondary schools and LEAs and allow disaggregation and cross-tabulation by race, ethnicity, and sex for each category. - Public access and privacy — The Secretary would publish a state-by-state special report on the Office for Civil Rights website and make the underlying data publicly accessible, while coordinating with the Department's Chief Privacy Officer to protect personally identifiable information.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2026-05-20T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New educator workforce data reporting: benefit, medium. If enacted, the Department of Education would collect and publish standard educator workforce data as part of future civil rights data collections. For each local educational agency and each public school, the Department would report counts of full-time principals and full-time teachers. The report…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-10421: Transforming Education for the Future Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-8636 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8636)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-3151: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3151)
- [119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3816)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-10421: Transforming Education for the Future Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10421)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-8636 (as of 2026-09-21).