The state Department of Education must keep a database of required teacher training, give teachers access to it, and every five years report on required teacher training. It must also keep a list of required student instruction items and every five years report on those items.
§420. Required teacher training database; required student instruction list; reports A. The state Department of Education shall create and maintain a database of training that professional teachers are required by law to complete. The department shall provide for teachers to have access to the database through its website or by other means. The database shall include the following information with respect to each required topic or course of such training: (1) The legal provision establishing the requirement. (2) The topic or subject matter of the course and a brief description of its contents. (3) Available resources for completion of the training, including links to such resources or materials if applicable. (4) The frequency that a teacher must repeat or update their training on the topic. (5) The approximate time, in hours, that completion of the training requires. B. Every five years the department shall prepare and submit a report to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education on the training that professional teachers are required by law to complete. The report shall include the following: (1) A complete list of all required training including a description of each course and legal citations for the requirement. (2) The approximate time, in hours, that completion of each training course requires and an estimate of the total amount of time that a teacher will invest in all such training in a typical year. (3) With respect to the total time reported pursuant to Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, an estimate of the percentage of that time for which the teacher is not compensated. (4) A list of specific recommendations for changes to the legal requirements regarding such training, including specific recommendations regarding training requirements that should be repealed, modified, or added. C. The state Department of Education shall maintain a list of each student instruction requirement that is provided by law and that is not provided for in the state content standards adopted by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education or the Carnegie units established by the state Department of Education in accordance with state board policy. The list shall include the following information with respect to each required element of instruction: (1) The provision of law establishing the requirement. (2) The topic or subject matter of the instruction. (3) Available resources for planning and delivering the instruction, including links to such resources or materials, if applicable. (4) The course or subject area in which teachers are required to provide the instruction. (5) The grade levels or other characteristics of students who are required to receive the instruction. (6) The amount of time required to provide the instruction each school year. D. Every five years the department shall prepare and submit a report to the House Committee on Education and the Senate Committee on Education on this instruction. The report shall include the following: (1) A complete list of all required instruction, including a description of each instruction and legal citations for the requirements. (2) The approximate time, in hours, that providing each instruction requires per school year. (3) A list of specific recommendations for changes to the law regarding such instruction, including specific recommendations regarding instructional requirements that should be repealed, modified, or added. Acts 2022, No. 338, §1; Acts 2024, No. 716, §1.