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BLR Presents Teacher Recruitment and Retention Findings; Survey Response and Data Governance Draw Lawmakers' Attention
Summary
The Bureau of Legislative Research presented its adequacy study section on teacher recruitment and retention, reporting FY23 workforce figures and survey results; legislators questioned survey response rates, data governance and regional variation in shortages and retention risks.
Adrienne Beck of the Bureau of Legislative Research presented the committee with the adequacy study section on teacher recruitment and retention, using FY23 data and BLR's educator surveys. Key data points included a BLR dataset listing 36,175 teachers in FY23, an average of roughly 12 years of experience, roughly 94 percent fully certified, and a reported retention rate of about 74 percent in the BLR measures.
Beck and BLR staff reviewed variation across regions and school types: traditional districts generally showed higher…
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