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Indiana Dept of Education tells schools to track and report teacher injuries

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INDIANAPOLIS— For what appears to be the first time, the Indiana Department of Education is telling school districts they must track and report teacher injuries.

For months, WRTV has been asking IDOE about its plans for implementing the new law and gathering data on teacher injuries.Schools can't report teacher injuries to the state despite new law In a March 22 letter to schools statewide from Secretary of Education Dr. Katie Jenner, IDOE said, “public schools are required to report certain employee injury information to IDOE if the employee is physically injured on the job by a direct action of a student.

“The annual reporting timeline for this requirement occurs from July 1 through June 30,” read the memo. “Schools will report through certified data submission via Data Exchange.” IDOE will compile the staff injury numbers, without identifiable information, into a publicly available database.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

 

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