SECTIONS 10800-10807

10800.  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as theEducation Data and Information Act of 2008.10801.  It is the intent of the Legislature that the design andimplementation of a high-quality, comprehensive, and longitudinaleducation data system for California will do the following: (a) Support a system of continuous learning by delivering timely,reliable, user-friendly, and relevant information to schoolsite anddistrict leaders, county offices of education, higher educationleaders, teachers and faculty, education program providers,policymakers, researchers, parents, pupils, and the public at large. (b) Provide educators and parents with the tools, reports, andassistance needed to inform instruction and learning. (c) Integrate data from disparate sources. (d) Anticipate and provide the technological capacity for thesharing of appropriate noneducation data from other state sourcessuch as health, welfare, juvenile justice, corrections, andemployment agencies, the analysis of which is necessary to fullyunderstand critical education policy and education finance questions.10802.  (a) The department shall establish a process by which localeducational agencies issue, maintain, and report information usingthe unique statewide pupil identifiers specified in paragraph (3) ofsubdivision (e) of Section 60900 for state and federally fundedcenter-based child care and development programs under their purview. (b)  In order to comply with the federal American Recovery andReinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) assurances delineated inSection 6401(e)(2) of the America COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 9871),the department shall establish the process referenced in subdivision(a) no later than January 1, 2011. (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that on or before January1, 2011, the department, at a minimum, ensures that the data elementspertaining to preschool described in Section 6401(e)(2)(D) of theAmerica COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 9871) be collected for allpreschool programs operated by a local educational agency. (d) Except to the extent required by federal law, or as needed toensure compliance with federal law, the department shall not requirethese center-based child care and development programs to implementor maintain unique pupil identifiers specified in paragraph (3) ofsubdivision (e) of Section 60900 until an appropriation for thispurpose is provided in the annual Budget Act or another statute.10802.5.  It is the intent of the Legislature that, on or beforeJanuary 1, 2011, and to the extent an appropriation is provided forthis purpose, the department, at a minimum, ensures that the dataelements pertaining to success in the 21st Century workforcedescribed in Section 6401(a)(2)(B)(ii) and (e)(1)(A)(ii) of thefederal America COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 9871) be collected forcareer technical education programs operated by a local educationalagency.10803.  (a) The Chancellor's Office of the California CommunityColleges, the University of California, and the California StateUniversity shall each establish a process by which colleges anduniversities within those systems issue, maintain, and reportinformation using the unique statewide pupil identifiers specified inparagraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 60900. (b) Annually, on or before April 1, the Chancellor's Office of theCalifornia Community Colleges, the University of California, and theCalifornia State University shall provide a progress report to theGovernor and the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of theLegislature. The report shall include a detailed timeline for theimplementation, maintenance, and use of the unique statewide pupilidentifiers pursuant to subdivision (a).10804.  (a) The State Chief Information Officer appointed pursuantto Section 11545 of the Government Code shall convene a working grouprepresenting, at a minimum, the state board, the Superintendent, theChancellor of the California Community Colleges, the University ofCalifornia, the California State University, and any othergovernmental entities that collect, report, or use individual pupileducation data that would become part of the comprehensive educationdata system. The State Chief Information Officer shall form anadvisory committee to the working group that includes school anddistrict administrators, teachers and faculty, education programproviders, policymakers, researchers, parents, and pupils. (b) The working group convened pursuant to this section shallcreate a strategic plan to link education data systems from allsegments and to accomplish all of the following: (1) Provide an overall structural design for the linked educationdata systems. (2) Examine current state education data systems. (3) Examine the protocols and procedures to be used by stateagencies in data processing, including, but not limited to,collecting, storing, manipulating, sharing, retrieving, and releasingdata so as to enable each state agency to accurately and efficientlycollect and share data with the other state agencies while complyingwith all applicable state and federal privacy laws. (4) Identify specific procedures and policies that would benecessary to ensure the privacy of pupil record information so as tomeet both federal requirements and the higher expectations of privacyheld by the state. (5) Identify specific procedures and policies that wouldfacilitate the sharing and transfer of data from one segment toanother and ultimately to include linkages to workforce data. (c) The strategic plan shall be delivered by the State ChiefInformation Officer to the Legislature and the Governor on or beforeJanuary 1, 2010. (d) This section may be implemented using federal grant fundsreceived pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of2009 (Public Law 111-5) through that act's provision of funds forstatewide data systems under the federal Education TechnicalAssistance Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq.).10805.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Commission on TeacherCredentialing, the state board, and the department shall provide tothe State Chief Information Officer the individual nonpersonallyidentifiable or aggregate data related to teacher distribution,educator credential status, pupil assessment and accountability, orother pupil academic and achievement data, including, but not limitedto, data generated from, or related to, the Standardized Testing andReporting (STAR) Program, the high school exit examination, theEnglish language development test, the Academic Performance Index(API), and adequate yearly progress data and calculations, graduationrates, pupils who dropout of school, and demographics of pupils andteachers. (b) The data provided pursuant to the section shall be provided asfollows: (1) In a format that is agreeable to all relevant parties. (2) In a timely manner, according to a schedule agreed upon by allrelevant parties. (3) At no cost to the State Chief Information Officer. (c) The State Chief Information Officer may release theinformation provided pursuant to subdivision (a) in any of thefollowing manners: (1) On paper at a single location that is accessible to thepublic. (2) Electronically at a single location that is accessible to thepublic. (3) Electronically via the Internet (d) The State Chief Information Officer shall ensure that the useof this data is in compliance with applicable state and federalprivacy laws.10806.  In meeting the requirements of this chapter, state agencies,local educational agencies, and the officers and appointees of thoseagencies shall consider and comply with state and federal privacylaw and ensure the highest, appropriate security protections are inplace in order to provide the maximum protection of privacy.10807.  The department, the University of California, the CaliforniaState University, the Chancellor of the California CommunityColleges, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the EmploymentDevelopment Department, and the California School InformationServices established in Section 49081 may enter into interagencyagreements in order to facilitate all of the following: (a) The implementation of a comprehensive longitudinal educationdata system for California. (b) The transfer of data from one educational segment to another. (c) The transfer of workforce data to the educational segments.