NASDTEC and teachersanctions.io: access, verification, and use cases

The NASDTEC Educator Identification Clearinghouse is a secure, subscription-based database for participating jurisdictions and qualifying education organizations. It helps those organizations check adverse actions reported against educator licenses and certificates.

teachersanctions.io is a self-service, account-based search and API platform built from official state records and public-record responses. It currently reports searchable records from all 50 states, with record depth and history varying by state. The platform is designed to preserve source provenance and provides official source URLs where available.

The products overlap when a user needs to identify educator discipline. They differ most clearly in who can access them, what source context is available, and how the information fits into a review workflow.

NASDTEC describes its Clearinghouse as the national collection point for professional educator discipline actions reported by member jurisdictions. It is designed to notify participating jurisdictions about actions taken against an educator's license or certificate elsewhere.

Access is available to participating jurisdictions and, through qualifying subscriptions, public and private school systems and state-approved educator-preparation providers. NASDTEC also offers an API for eligible organizations that want to automate checks.

NASDTEC describes Clearinghouse matches as alerts and directs users to investigate them and contact the submitting jurisdiction for additional information. Access is restricted to eligible organizations rather than the general public.

teachersanctions.io is built for broader access. Parents, reporters, researchers, public-safety teams, and screening platforms can create an account, search by educator name and state, and review structured results without qualifying for membership in an agency clearinghouse.

The platform currently provides searchable records from all 50 states and exposes the same search capability through a REST API, while coverage depth and history vary by state. It is designed to preserve official-source provenance and provides official source URLs where available.

Because state sources vary, not every result contains the same fields or level of detail. Missing information is treated as unavailable rather than inferred, and users are expected to review the available source context before making a decision.

Access. Direct NASDTEC Clearinghouse access is restricted to participating jurisdictions and qualifying education organizations. teachersanctions.io is available to a broader range of registered users.

Data model. NASDTEC distributes disciplinary actions reported by its member jurisdictions. teachersanctions.io consolidates official state-published records and public-record responses into a nationwide search layer.

Verification. NASDTEC helps eligible organizations identify reported license actions. teachersanctions.io is designed to preserve public-source provenance and make supporting official links available when the source permits it.

API use. Both products offer APIs. The meaningful distinction is not whether automation exists, but which users can access it and whether their workflow needs public-source context alongside structured results.

A qualifying school system or educator-preparation provider seeking access to NASDTEC's member-reported Clearinghouse may find that service aligned with its institutional screening process.

A parent, reporter, researcher, public-safety organization, or screening platform that needs a broadly accessible nationwide search, official-source provenance, and source-attributed API results is the audience teachersanctions.io was built to serve.

Some organizations may use both. teachersanctions.io is not a consumer report, and neither product should be used as the sole basis for an employment or licensing decision. Confirm identity and verify the underlying action with the issuing state.

Official teacher disciplinary records are public, but they are rarely easy to search across state lines. They may be spread across portals, PDFs, spreadsheets, board actions, and public-record responses, each with different terminology and levels of detail.

teachersanctions.io turns those fragmented official records into one searchable, source-attributed platform and API. The goal is straightforward: make public teacher-discipline information easier to find and verify without hiding the limitations of the original sources.