FLORIDA – A new survey is ranking each state when it comes to teacher discipline.
State education officials around the country were surveyed on how they background check their teachers, disciplinary actions against teachers in their states, and whether they share that information with other states.
The survey was done by the USA Today Network.
Overall, the Sunshine State was given a "C" ranking.
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The survey found that some teachers are able to move from one state to another despite documented misconduct. As a result, it wanted to figure out exactly which states screen the teachers before they're hired.
The survey focused on 3 areas:
1. How thoroughly each state background checks their educators, before issuing a teaching license.
2. Whether the state shares disciplinary information with the public on a nationwide database.
3. Whether the state has laws requiring teachers, school and districts report any misconduct to the state.
Here's where Florida stands- when it comes to background checks, it was given a "C" grade- meaning the state's screening system needs improvement.
Florida was given an "A" ranking for both "mandatory reporting laws" when it comes to misconduct and, "transparency" about teacher disciplinary action.
The Sunshine State didn't do well at sharing misconduct information with other states, though.
In that category, it got an "F” which resulted in Florida getting a "C" average.
Georgia's ranking was pretty similar to Florida's. It also ended up with a "C" average in the end.