Section 12-1206-B - Data collection(a) Student teaching placement data.--The department shall maintain a database of student teaching opportunities for the upcoming school year. The following shall apply to the database: (1) A school entity or nonpublic school who is interested in hosting a student teacher may submit to the department the number of student teachers the school entity or nonpublic school is seeking for the upcoming school year. If a school entity's or nonpublic school's request for student teachers from the previous school year was not fulfilled, the school entity or nonpublic school may report the shortage of requested student teachers.(2) Each approved educator preparation program shall submit to the department the number of student teachers placed by the approved educator preparation program in the previous school year. If the approved educator preparation program had more requests for student teachers than available student teachers, the approved educator preparation program shall report the shortage of available student teachers to the department.(3) No later than July 31, 2024, and each July 31 thereafter, each approved educator preparation program shall report: (i) The number of agreements between approved educator preparation programs and school entities or nonpublic schools for the purpose of placing student teachers.(ii) The name of each school entity or nonpublic school with which an approved educator preparation program entered into an agreement.(iii) The number of student teachers placed in the previous year by an approved educator preparation program and the school entity or nonpublic school at which the student teacher was placed.Added by P.L. TBD 2023 No. 33,§ 9, eff. 12/13/2023.