NCSL Legislative Video Resource Center

States and school districts are facing challenges and seeking both short and long-term solutions. NCSL’s local and state education employee comparison tools will be presented followed by Teacher Shortages & Strategies to Address them, and an update on short-term measure being enacted by states and legislation to increase teacher compensation, expand pathways, increase teach diversity, and improve teacher working conditions. Hear from NCSL’s Michelle Exstrom, Education Program Director, Dan Thatcher NCSL Education Finance Fellow, Steve Wojcikiewicz, Learning Policy Institute Education Quality Team, and Molly Gold, NCSL Educator Quality Senior Policy Specialist.

Between 2010 and 2020, the U.S. Census Bureau made changes to how it gathers race and ethnicity information. During that same decade, the U.S. became more diverse than ever, and Americans began to see their race and ethnicity differently as well. The result: more people identify as “some other race” and as “more than one race.” Learn what these changes may mean for redistricting, research and policymaking. Speakers include Nicholas Jones, U.S. Census Bureau, C. Matthew Snipp, Stanford University, and Clark Benson, Polidata.

An election isn’t over when the polls close― it’s over when election administrators complete their postelection activities, and the election results are certified. With more attention than ever on these postelection processes, learn how fine-tuning laws around audits, chain of custody, ballot reconciliation, certification schedule and voter information can ensure confidence in the election for election officials and voters alike. Speakers are Jennifer Morrell, Democracy Fund & The Elections Group, and Wendy Underhill, NCSL.