§420. Required teacher training database; report

            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requirements regarding such training, including specific recommendations regarding training requirements that should be repealed, modified, or added.

            Acts 2022, No. 338, §1.