Research · Published Oct 11, 2026
Which States Publish School Employee Disciplinary Records?
Every state licenses its public-school teachers, and every state can suspend or revoke those licenses. Whether a parent can look that discipline up online depends on where they live. We checked the official website of the educator-licensing agency in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
- 9Searchable discipline database
- 20Published list of actions or orders
- 9Board meeting records only
- 2License lookup shows status only
- 2Public-records request only
- 5No public online source found
- 4Could not confirm
What we found
- 29 of 51 jurisdictions post discipline online as a searchable database or a published list of actions or orders.
- Of the 24 of those we could open and read, 11 show the reason for the action and 8 link the order itself. 6 show only a name, an action such as "revoked," and a date, with no reason given.
- 9 disclose actions only inside board or commission meeting records, which a parent would have to search meeting by meeting.
- 4 show at most a license status in a lookup tool, or make records available only through a public-records request.
- For 5, we found no public online source of educator discipline on the agency's site, and for 4 we could not confirm either way.
Several lists appear out of date: the newest entries we saw were from 2024 in some states, and one state's page says its list covers actions "through 2012." Many lists cover only revocations and surrenders, not suspensions or reprimands.
State by state
| State and agency | What is public online | Name | Action | Reason | Order documents | Link | Notes | BadFaculty records |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Alabama State Department of Education, Educator Certification Section (State Superintenden | Published list of actions or orders Viewed | Yes | Yes | No | No | Official page | The State Superintendent issues periodic memos, 'Report of Certificate Invalidations and Probations' (seen from 2020 through June 15, 2026). Each lists name, ALSDE ID, order date and action (revocation, suspension, reprimand, surrender, denial) but no reason. Memo caveat: listing 'should not be construed to mean that... he or she was necessarily found guilty.' The public certificate search does not mention discipline. | 21 |
| Alaska Alaska Professional Teaching Practices Commission (PTPC), with Alaska DEED Teacher Certifi | Published list of actions or orders Viewed | Yes | Yes | No | No | Official page | Alphabetical 'List of Commission Actions' (name, certificate type, date, action) with entries from 1972 to April 2026; no reasons or orders. Yearly Commission action PDFs list case numbers and outcomes but no basis. License search URL is linked from DEED's certification page but would not render for verification. | 5 |
| Arizona Arizona State Board of Education (Investigative Unit / Professional Practices Advisory Com | Searchable discipline database Agency description | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Official page | The official Educator Discipline page says case outcomes are "searchable using this tool" and that the Public Educator Lookup flags "Disciplinary History on File: Yes". But the discipline search (https://azsbe.az.gov/teacher-certification-ppac/discipline-search) returned a client error, the Board's linked Caspio lookup list blocked fetching (robots), and mycert.azed.gov returned a server error, so the displayed fields are unverified. The Board's monthly 'Highlights of Recent State Board Action' PDFs list action types only and note "an approximate 30-day lag". | 14 |
| Arkansas Arkansas Department of Education (DESE), Professional Licensure Standards Board (PLSB), wi | Board meeting records only Viewed | Unknown | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Official page | The State Board transcript for March 12, 2026 records a PLSB ethics case with the standards violated and the sanction imposed (a 1-year suspension plus 2 years' probation). The Educator Discipline page (https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/educator-effectiveness/plsb-professional-ethicsdiscipline/educator-discipline) says 'For orders and licensure actions, visit State Board of Education Orders for PLSB and Licensure Actions', but that orders page and the PLSB agenda link returned robots-disallowed and could not be opened, so a published orders list may exist but is unconfirmed. No public license lookup link was found on the licensure page. | 11 |
| California California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC), Division of Professional Practices / | Searchable discipline database Viewed | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Official page | Per CTC, the credential lookup puts a red 'Adverse and Commission Actions Indicator' beside a disciplined holder's name, with an actions tab that shows effective dates. Private admonitions are excluded. CTC says 'adverse actions imposed by the Commission are public and displayed online' but warns the site lacks complete suspension/revocation data. The search tool (a Siebel app) could not be rendered by WebFetch, so result fields were not seen directly. | 61 |
| Colorado Colorado Department of Education, Educator Licensing / Background Investigation Unit (Colo | License lookup shows status only Viewed | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Official page | CDE's Public Educator Lookup (vendor-hosted, footer says Colorado Department of Education) filters by status: Revoked, Suspended, Annulled, Denied. CDE says it lets you "learn if an application was denied or a credential was suspended, revoked or annulled." No published list found. Under CDE's records-release page, educator information is "confidential, unless otherwise contrary to state statute", and getting records requires a notarized authorization from the educator. Result fields weren't visible to the fetcher. | 12 |
| Connecticut Connecticut State Department of Education, Bureau of Certification / Commissioner of Educa | Board meeting records only Viewed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | No CSDE page listing revoked or suspended educators was found. Individual revocation matters appear only in State Board of Education meeting materials, e.g. a Feb 2019 revocation resolution and a 2016 reconsideration packet; the SDE 'Legal' page shows 'No Results Found.' The FOI certification lookup requires a requester email and does not mention discipline. Coverage looks partial (contested cases only). | 4 |
| Delaware Delaware Department of Education (licensure investigations under 14 Del. C. 1218, on behal | Could not confirm Agency description | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Official page | The Delaware Department of Education says it 'publishes violations to DEEDS,' its licensing site, but the public lookup did not load for our check, so what it displays could not be confirmed. Investigations are described as confidential. | 4 |
| District of Columbia Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE), Educator Credentialing | No public online source found Viewed | No | No | No | No | — | OSSE's Disciplinary Procedures Guidebook says it "shall also post non-confidential information regarding adverse actions on its website". However, no such list or search was found on osse.dc.gov, and no public credential lookup was found either (ECIS is for applying only). Hearings are closed to the public. | 5 |
| Florida Florida Education Practices Commission (final orders); FLDOE Office of Professional Practi | Searchable discipline database Viewed | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Official page | This FLDOE discipline search, run by the Office of Professional Practices, takes a last name and a district. The page says 'Information posted is for Final Orders issued on or after January 1, 1981'. The results fields could not be seen because the form needs a submitted search. EPC hearing agendas (https://www.fldoe.org/teaching/professional-practices/edu-practices-commission-notices.stml, 2014 to present) list respondents, case numbers and proceeding types. The certificate lookup is linked from FLDOE but blocked WebFetch (robots), so it is unconfirmed whether it needs a login. | 26 |
| Georgia Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC), Educator Ethics Division | Public-records request only Viewed | No | Yes | Yes | No | Official page | The FAQ says closed case files are 'subject to Georgia's Open Records Act.' Monthly Commission minutes (https://www.gapsc.com/Commission/CommissionInfo/Minutes.aspx) list each sanction by case number only, with standard-violation codes and the sanction, and no educator names (the 'shows' values describe the minutes). No public named list was found. Whether the certification lookup shows sanctions is unconfirmed. | 13 |
| Hawaii Hawaii Teacher Standards Board (HTSB) | Published list of actions or orders Viewed | Yes | Yes | No | No | Official page | Table of Board actions since 2007 (revoked, suspended, denied, surrendered, reinstated). Columns are name, action and date only. The newest entry was 07/31/2024 when checked, so the list may lag. Separate executive-session PDFs give case numbers and the basis but no names. HTSB: actions "may include, but is not limited to, revocation, suspension, or denial." | 4 |
| Idaho Idaho Professional Standards Commission (Idaho State Department of Education) | Published list of actions or orders Viewed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Official page | The PSC page has an 'Educator Discipline/Voluntary Certificate Surrenders' section with final-order PDFs by year and month (2020-2026). It 'posts all educator disciplinary orders... for the past five years'; older orders require a records request. The certification lookup shows credential status but does not mention discipline. | 8 |
| Illinois Illinois State Board of Education (State Superintendent), Educator Effectiveness / Licensu | Could not confirm Viewed | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | — | Individual signed orders are posted on isbe.net, but we found no page that indexes them; records have also been released through public-records requests. | 12 |
| Indiana Indiana Department of Education, Educator Licensing (LVIS) | Searchable discipline database Agency description | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Official page | 'Public Educator Offenses' covers educators whose licenses were revoked or suspended under IC 20-28-5-7/-8, and the page states "This database is available to the public." IDOE also says "only verified convictions will be posted to the public facing database". The search form is JavaScript-rendered and did not load via fetch, so the result fields are unverified. | 10 |
| Iowa Iowa Board of Educational Examiners (BoEE), Iowa Department of Education | Searchable discipline database Viewed | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Official page | The Board Order Search (tool at https://iowaboee.my.site.com/BoardOrderSearch, which renders with JavaScript only) searches disciplinary orders by year range, sanction type, ethics rule citation and contact name. The legacy order search (https://www.iowaonline.state.ia.us/ppd/) says the database 'includes only documents that are a public record'. BoEE meeting minutes also list case numbers and sanctions. | 11 |
| Kansas Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) / Professional Practices Commission; Kansas St | Published list of actions or orders Viewed | Yes | Yes | No | No | Official page | The 'Record of Disciplinary Actions' table (about 235 rows) lists name, license number, action (revoked, suspended, publicly censured, denied, voluntary surrender) and action date. The dates seen ran from Dec 2014 to Jul 2024. The 'Download' column is empty, and no reason is given. | 19 |
| Kentucky Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB), Kentucky Department of Education, Office of | Board meeting records only Viewed | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Official page | No published list or discipline database found. EPSB meeting minutes name educators and list case numbers, agreed orders and the sanctions (revocations, suspensions). They are posted on the EPSB Meeting Portal, which is hosted by KSBA and linked from education.ky.gov/epsb. EPSB procedures say final case files are open records and that a "revocation is noted on the EPSB website". It wasn't confirmed what the KECS credential search displays. | 12 |
| Louisiana Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE), with the Louisiana Departmen | Board meeting records only Viewed | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Official page | BESE committee agendas name individual revocations, e.g. Aug 2025: 'Consideration of the revocation of the Louisiana Level 2 teaching certificate...'. They also name records reviews. BESE's annual revocation report is aggregate only, with no names. The certificate verification tool does not mention discipline. | 9 |
| Maine Maine Department of Education, Educator Certification (Commissioner takes disciplinary act | Public-records request only Viewed | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No | Official page | No online list or public lookup was found on maine.gov/doe; the status page offers only educator logins (NEO lookup needs last 4 of SSN or educator ID). By statute, 'final written decisions relating to disciplinary action taken by the commissioner' are public records, including name, action, grounds and dates, but the department is not required to post them. The classification rests on that statute, not on an agency statement about records requests. | 8 |
| Maryland Maryland State Department of Education, Educator Licensure and Certification | Published list of actions or orders Viewed | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Official page | PDF titled 'List of Revocations and Voluntarily Surrendered Licenses' with columns first name, last name, action, cause, effective date and end date. It has about 450-500 entries with effective dates from about 1989 to April 2026. Only revocations and voluntary surrenders appear (no suspensions or reprimands), and the cause is a standardized phrase such as "Knowingly fails to report suspected child abuse". The license verification page did not render via fetch. | 13 |
| Massachusetts Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), Office of Educator | License lookup shows status only Viewed | Yes | Yes | No | No | Official page | The public lookup shows revocations and suspensions DESE has imposed since 2009, but no history of prior suspensions. It 'will indicate whether a license or an endorsement is currently suspended'. No published list of sanctions was found. Under 603 CMR 47.11, hearings are closed unless the educator asks for a public one, and notice of sanctions goes to superintendents and other states. | 9 |
| Michigan Michigan Department of Education, Office of Educator Excellence (educator certification; s | No public online source found Agency description | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | — | No list, minutes or disclosure statement on sanctions was found on MDE pages. The MOECS public search only hints that some holders are ineligible due to 'conviction history or final order of the state superintendent'. It never says 'suspended' or 'revoked'. | 15 |
| Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) | Searchable discipline database Agency description | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Official page | PELSB's ethics page links a public Teacher Disciplinary Inquiry System (TDIS). The system blocked our automated check, so what it displays is not confirmed. | 6 |
| Mississippi Mississippi Department of Education, Office of Educator Misconduct Evaluations / Commissio | Could not confirm Agency description | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Official page | Could not confirm. Pages fetched from mdek12.org showed no link URLs, and the misconduct and commission pages returned fetch errors. A news hint says the Licensure Commission ratifies named agreed orders at public meetings, but no official minutes or list could be opened. No license lookup was confirmed. | 14 |
| Missouri Missouri State Board of Education / DESE Educator Certification | Published list of actions or orders Viewed | Yes | Yes | No | No | Official page | PDF titled 'State Board of Education Discipline of Certificates of License to Teach', revised 10/06/2025; lists name, action (revoked, denied, surrendered, suspended) and date for actions from 01/06/2000 to 08/12/2025. Linked as 'Disciplinary Actions' on the certification page. The credential search does not mention discipline. | 10 |
| Montana Montana Board of Public Education (licensure discipline cases), with the Office of Public | Board meeting records only Viewed | Yes | Yes | No | No | Official page | Licensure cases appear only in Board minutes as numbered BPE cases. Educators are named by surname only, or not at all (e.g. "NOTICE OF THE SURRENDER OF BPE CASE #2024-11"), and the specific conduct is not described. Minutes are posted online from 2023, and older minutes are by request. No public discipline list was found, and the OPI licensure pages returned server errors, so the license lookup is unconfirmed. | 5 |
| Nebraska Nebraska Department of Education, Certification Investigations Office; State Board of Educ | Searchable discipline database Viewed | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Yes | Official page | This is a search by last name and sanction type (Reinstatement, Reprimand, Suspension, Revocation), with Name and Sanction columns. The page says the posted documents are copies of orders, reprimands and voluntary surrenders, 'all of which are public records'. Results load dynamically, so individual rows and dates could not be seen. The certificate lookup app did not render via WebFetch. | 10 |
| Nevada Nevada Department of Education, Office of Educator Licensure; Nevada State Board of Educat | Board meeting records only Viewed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Official page | State Board support materials post named items, 'Possible Approval of Petition for Revocation of the Nevada Educators License'. Each links a PDF petition citing NRS 391.330 and the basis. These are petitions, not final orders. No standalone discipline list was found, and the license verification app (JavaScript) could not be read. | 8 |
| New Hampshire New Hampshire Department of Education (Commissioner; credentialing) | Published list of actions or orders Viewed | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Official page | The PDF "List of Revoked Educator Credentials" is dated "as of 04/15/2024" and has about 197 people with actions from 1981 to Sept 2023. Many entries give a basis, such as a Code of Conduct violation or a conviction. No newer version or landing page could be found because several NHDOE pages returned errors, so the list may be stale. Individual actions are also announced in NHDOE press releases. The credential lookup wasn't located. | 3 |
| New Jersey New Jersey State Board of Examiners (New Jersey Department of Education) | Published list of actions or orders Viewed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Official page | Board of Examiners decisions are posted by year back to 1997 (index: nj.gov/education/legal/examiners/). Each entry has the educator name, docket number and a decision PDF; the action and basis are in the PDF, not the list. Some orders give little detail on the allegations. The NJEdCert 'Educator License Search' would not load for WebFetch. | 11 |
| New Mexico New Mexico Public Education Department, Licensure Bureau (Licensure Complaints, Investigat | No public online source found Viewed | No | No | No | No | — | The page is titled 'Licensure Complaints, Investigations, and Enforcement Actions' but lists no actions; it links only to the complaint form, rules and IPRA. A PED district page mentions a 'Public License Look-up Tool' without giving a URL, and the licensure portal (licensureapp.ped.state.nm.us) blocks automated access. | 7 |
| New York New York State Education Department, Office of School Personnel Review and Accountability | No public online source found Viewed | No | No | No | No | — | No public list, search or decision archive of Part 83 actions was found. NYSED says "U.S. States can verify disciplinary actions through the NASDTEC Clearinghouse." The Certificate Holder Lookup requires JavaScript and did not render, so it is unconfirmed whether it shows revoked or suspended status. Proposed section 83.7 makes summary-suspension information confidential. | 16 |
| North Carolina North Carolina State Board of Education (NC DPI Legal Affairs / Professional Conduct Advis | Published list of actions or orders Viewed | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Official page | The 'Discipline of Professional Educators' page embeds a sortable table, 'A list of All Disciplinary Actions to Date', with columns for name, action, reason and date. Visible rows run from 1982 to January 2026 and include revocations, suspensions, surrenders, reprimands and denials. The page says the State Board has acted against more than 750 licenses since 1967. No public license lookup was found. | 6 |
| North Dakota North Dakota Education Standards and Practices Board (ESPB) | Board meeting records only Viewed | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Official page | ESPB regular and special meeting minutes (PDF) name educators ('Last, First'), with the case background, the alleged violation and the board action. The Professional Practices page publishes no outcomes. The date is the meeting date. The public educator search does not mention discipline. | 2 |
| Ohio Ohio State Board of Education, Professional Conduct (sboe.ohio.gov; formerly under Ohio De | Searchable discipline database Agency description | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Official page | Board says "the public can view the corrective measures taken by the State Board" via the Educator Conduct Search (https://casemgmt.education.ohio.gov/). That tool is script-rendered, so the result fields couldn't be verified. The FAQ says finalized disciplinary actions, consent agreements and resolutions are public records. The Educator Profile lookup was blocked by robots.txt. | 35 |
| Oklahoma Oklahoma State Board of Education (Oklahoma State Department of Education, Office of Legal | Board meeting records only Viewed | Yes | Yes | No | No | Official page | Board agendas and minutes name educators in summary suspensions and revocations. E.g. the July 23, 2026 minutes record suspensions and revocations under 70 O.S. 3-104(A)(6)(b) with votes, but no conduct details. No standalone discipline list was found. The Educator Search shows 'certification status' but does not mention discipline. | 12 |
| Oregon Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC); not ODE | Published list of actions or orders Viewed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Official page | Table of final orders of discipline or reinstatement (educator, district, discipline, effective date, PDF) back to at least 1996. The order PDFs include findings of fact and conclusions of law. The page cites ORS 342.203, which requires TSPC to circulate a list of disciplined educators. The Sanctions page says 'A reprimand is a public sanction'; Letters of Reproval stay confidential. A separate Proposed Orders and Actions page also exists. | 12 |
| Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Professional Standards and Practices Commission (PSPC), with the Pennsylvania | Published list of actions or orders Viewed | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Official page | PDE's 'Notice of Certification Actions' gives a "Listing of all current Certificate Actions by notification date", with an Excel download that could not be parsed via fetch. PSPC also has a 'Search Adjudications and Orders' tool (https://www.pa.gov/agencies/pspc/content-pages/search-adjudications-and-orders) that is JavaScript-rendered and returned no results via fetch. PSPC says complaint information is confidential "until public discipline is actually imposed". The TIMS lookup blocked fetching (robots). | 15 |
| Rhode Island Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE), Office of Educator Excellence and Certificati | No public online source found Agency description | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | — | No discipline list, discipline database or professional-conduct page was found on ride.ri.gov after checking the certification pages and 3 site searches. The RIDE legal page returned an error. The public Educator Verification Portal searches by name, district or certificate number, but it was not confirmed whether it shows revoked or suspended status. | 0 |
| South Carolina South Carolina State Board of Education / SC Department of Education, Office of Educator S | Published list of actions or orders Viewed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Official page | Signed State Board orders (revocation, suspension, public reprimand, denial, surrender) are posted by name and date, in yearly pages from 2011 to 2026. The orders give findings and statutory basis. The page says 'Written orders of disciplinary action are public records' but adds that 'completeness of web postings cannot be assured.' | 8 |
| South Dakota South Dakota Department of Education (Secretary), on recommendation of the Professional Te | Published list of actions or orders Viewed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Official page | The Educator Disciplinary Action table covers files from 2010 to Aug 2026 and includes revocations, suspensions, denials, conditional certificates and public reprimands. It has the effective date and reinstatement date, and each entry links to an order PDF that includes findings. "Records of revocation and suspension are provided to the National Association" (NASDTEC). The Educator 411 lookup is linked from this page, but it is script-rendered and its contents weren't verified. | 3 |
| Tennessee Tennessee State Board of Education (licensure discipline), with the Tennessee Department o | Board meeting records only Viewed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Official page | SBE meeting materials post a per-educator cover PDF for each discipline action (reprimand, suspension, denial, surrender), stating the basis. Dates are meeting dates only. The SBE page says suspended or revoked status 'will appear in the TNCompass database.' The fields TNCompass shows were not confirmed. | 8 |
| Texas Texas Education Agency, Educator Investigations, for the State Board for Educator Certific | Published list of actions or orders Viewed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Official page | Quarterly SBEC Disciplinary Action Report PDFs (e.g., FY25-26 Q2: https://tea.texas.gov/educators/investigations/fy25-26-sbec-disciplinary-action-report-q2-updtd.pdf) list name, sanction, begin/end dates, allegation category code, district and Do Not Hire Registry status. TEA says the reports 'will only include SBEC actions which are final' and notes allegation codes are not findings. The certificate lookup URL was not opened (blocked by robots.txt), so whether it shows order documents is unconfirmed. | 42 |
| Utah Utah State Board of Education, Utah Professional Practices Advisory Commission (UPPAC) | Published list of actions or orders Viewed | No | Yes | Yes | No | Official page | The UPPAC page posts a 'UPPAC Disciplinary Matrix' spreadsheet, described by USBE as covering discipline "imposed as a result of each investigation since 2015", plus newsletters. The August 2024 newsletter summarizes each action by case number, action type and conduct, without educator names or decision dates. The matrix itself was not opened, so whether it names educators is unconfirmed. | 16 |
| Vermont Vermont Agency of Education, Office of Professional Standards; Licensing Hearing Panel (Ve | Published list of actions or orders Viewed | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | No | Official page | The AOE posts a 'List of Suspensions and Revocations' as an .xlsx file (https://education.vermont.gov/sites/aoe/files/documents/List%20of%20Educator%20Disciplinary%20Actions_0.xlsx), with a page date of October 5, 2026. WebFetch could not read the spreadsheet, so its fields are unknown. The discipline page says the list covers actions 'through 2012' and is being updated, and that 'Information regarding licensing investigations is confidential'. No public license lookup was found. | 2 |
| Virginia Virginia Board of Education / Virginia Department of Education, Office of Licensure (Profe | Published list of actions or orders Viewed | Yes | Yes | Unknown | Unknown | Official page | VDOE's licensure page and Superintendent's Memo #312-17 refer to a VDOE listing of license actions taken since 2000; the listing itself could not be opened, so its contents are not confirmed. Board minutes also name educators whose licenses were revoked or suspended. | 4 |
| Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI), Office of Professional Practices | Published list of actions or orders Viewed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Official page | The Disciplinary Action Notices table runs 12 pages, newest Oct 7, 2026, with keyword search and filters. It shows name, certificate number, action and date. Each entry links to an order PDF (orders date back to at least 2010) with findings of fact, which is where the reason appears. No public certificate lookup was confirmed; E-Certification appears to be login-based. FAQ: "Disciplinary action always remains on an educator's record." | 8 |
| West Virginia West Virginia Department of Education, Office of Legal Services / State Superintendent of | Searchable discipline database Agency description | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Official page | WVDE describes a public 'License Actions' database (https://wveis.k12.wv.us/pubdis) where users can search an employee or view all employees with license actions. That database and certcheck blocked WebFetch (robots), so the displayed fields are unconfirmed. Official page: 'A public database registering any individual who has had action taken against their license.' | 2 |
| Wisconsin Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, Educator Licensing | Published list of actions or orders Viewed | Yes | Yes | No | No | Official page | Alphabetical 'License Revocations' list (name, entity number, action date, action type) covering only revocations and voluntary surrenders, 1967 to 2026. Legal authority and allegation columns exist but are empty; DPI says it 'is working on adding information regarding individual revocations and surrenders.' The public lookup shows statuses such as 'Licenses Revoked' and 'Under Investigation.' The lookup tool was linked from DPI but not opened directly. | 14 |
| Wyoming Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board (PTSB) | Could not confirm Agency description | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown | Official page | PTSB's wyoptsb.gov and ptsb.wyo.gov sites blocked fetching (robots). The wyomingptsb.com complaints page describes the process ("PTSB does not respond to anonymous complaints") but posts no discipline list, and the Salesforce public educator lookup did not render. | 4 |
Methodology
Between October 10 and 11, 2026, we reviewed the website of the agency that licenses and disciplines K-12 educators in each state and the District of Columbia. For each, we looked for pages on educator discipline, professional practices, ethics, certificate lookup and board actions, and ran up to three site searches. We used only official agency pages; news and third-party sites were used, at most, as hints to find an official page.
We classified each jurisdiction by the most accessible public source we found, from a searchable database to none. For each searchable database or published list, we recorded whether a member of the public can see the educator's name, the action, the reason and the order document. "Viewed" means we opened the page or list and read it; "Agency description" means the tool would not load for our automated check, so the classification rests on the agency's own description of it.
Limitations
- Websites change. This is a snapshot as of Oct 11, 2026; a state may post records on a page we did not find.
- Some lookup tools require JavaScript, a CAPTCHA or a login, or block automated access. Where that kept us from seeing results, fields are marked "Unknown," and some states are marked "Could not confirm."
- We did not test whether each list is complete. Several agencies warn that their postings may be incomplete.
- This survey covers state license discipline, which is separate from criminal cases. A license action is not a criminal conviction, and many convictions never appear in a state's discipline list.
- The BadFaculty record counts in the table reflect our own research coverage, not the number of cases in a state.
Data: licensing_survey.json. Corrections: email thebadfaculty@gmail.com.