This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Education Data and Information Act of 2008.
Chapter 8Education Data and Information Act of 2008
Section § 10800
This section officially names the chapter as the 'Education Data and Information Act of 2008.'
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Section § 10801
This law aims to create a top-notch, detailed education data system in California. It should help everyone from school leaders to parents by providing fast and useful information. The system is meant to help teachers and parents make better learning decisions, connect different data sources, and include data from other state areas like health and justice to answer important questions about education and funding.
It is the intent of the Legislature that the design and implementation of a high-quality, comprehensive, and longitudinal education data system for California will do the following:
(a)CA Education Code § 10801(a) Support a system of continuous learning by delivering timely, reliable, user-friendly, and relevant information to schoolsite and district leaders, county offices of education, higher education leaders, teachers and faculty, education program providers, policymakers, researchers, parents, pupils, and the public at large.
(b)CA Education Code § 10801(b) Provide educators and parents with the tools, reports, and assistance needed to inform instruction and learning.
(c)CA Education Code § 10801(c) Integrate data from disparate sources.
(d)CA Education Code § 10801(d) Anticipate and provide the technological capacity for the sharing of appropriate noneducation data from other state sources such as health, welfare, juvenile justice, corrections, and employment agencies, the analysis of which is necessary to fully understand critical education policy and education finance questions.
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Section § 10802
This section requires California's Department of Education to set up a way for local schools to use unique identification numbers for students in state and federally funded childcare and development programs. The system needed to be in place by January 1, 2011, to comply with federal law. The aim is to track data for preschool programs effectively. However, these childcare programs don't have to use these IDs unless federal law requires it, or funding is designated for this purpose in the state budget. The state wants to ensure preschool data collection aligns with federal guidelines.
(a)CA Education Code § 10802(a) The department shall establish a process by which local educational agencies issue, maintain, and report information using the unique statewide pupil identifiers specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 60900 for state and federally funded center-based child care and development programs under their purview.
(b)CA Education Code § 10802(b) In order to comply with the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) assurances delineated in Section 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)CA Education Code § 10802(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that on or before January 1, 2011, the department, at a minimum, ensures that the data elements pertaining to preschool described in Section 6401(e)(2)(D) of the America COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 9871) be collected for all preschool programs operated by a local educational agency.
(d)CA Education Code § 10802(d) Except to the extent required by federal law, or as needed to ensure compliance with federal law, the department shall not require these center-based child care and development programs to implement or maintain unique pupil identifiers specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 60900 until an appropriation for this purpose is provided in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
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Section § 10802.5
This law aims to have the state department ensure, by January 1, 2011, that specific data about success in 21st-century jobs is collected for career technical education programs run by local educational agencies, provided there's funding for it.
It is the intent of the Legislature that, on or before January 1, 2011, and to the extent an appropriation is provided for this purpose, the department, at a minimum, ensures that the data elements pertaining to success in the 21st Century workforce described in Section 6401(a)(2)(B)(ii) and (e)(1)(A)(ii) of the federal America COMPETES Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 9871) be collected for career technical education programs operated by a local educational agency.
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Section § 10803
This law requires California's public colleges and universities to create a way to use and report specific student ID numbers that are unique across the state. Every year, by April 1, they must give the Governor and certain legislative committees a report on their progress, including a timeline for how they are implementing and using these IDs.
(a)CA Education Code § 10803(a) The Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges, the University of California, and the California State University shall each establish a process by which colleges and universities within those systems issue, maintain, and report information using the unique statewide pupil identifiers specified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (e) of Section 60900.
(b)CA Education Code § 10803(b) Annually, on or before April 1, the Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges, the University of California, and the California State University shall provide a progress report to the Governor and the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature. The report shall include a detailed timeline for the implementation, maintenance, and use of the unique statewide pupil identifiers pursuant to subdivision (a).
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Section § 10804
This law section outlines the role of the State Chief Information Officer in forming a working group to create a strategic plan for linking education data systems in California. The group will include representatives from various educational institutions and other governmental entities involved with educational data. The tasks include designing the data systems, examining existing systems, and developing procedures for data processing while ensuring privacy. The plan must detail how data will be shared among agencies and include links to workforce data. It was required to be submitted to the Legislature and Governor by January 1, 2010, and could be funded using federal grant money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
(a)CA Education Code § 10804(a) The State Chief Information Officer appointed pursuant to Section 11545 of the Government Code shall convene a working group representing, at a minimum, the state board, the Superintendent, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the University of California, the California State University, and any other governmental entities that collect, report, or use individual pupil education data that would become part of the comprehensive education data system. The State Chief Information Officer shall form an advisory committee to the working group that includes school and district administrators, teachers and faculty, education program providers, policymakers, researchers, parents, and pupils.
(b)CA Education Code § 10804(b) The working group
convened pursuant to this section shall create a strategic plan to link education data systems from all segments and to accomplish all of the following:
(1)CA Education Code § 10804(b)(1) Provide an overall structural design for the linked education data systems.
(2)CA Education Code § 10804(b)(2) Examine current state education data systems.
(3)CA Education Code § 10804(b)(3) Examine the protocols and procedures to be used by state agencies in data processing, including, but not limited to, collecting, storing, manipulating, sharing, retrieving, and releasing data so as to enable each state agency to accurately and efficiently collect and share data with the other state agencies while complying with all applicable state and federal privacy laws.
(4)CA Education Code § 10804(b)(4) Identify specific procedures and policies that would be necessary to ensure the privacy of
pupil record information so as to meet both federal requirements and the higher expectations of privacy held by the state.
(5)CA Education Code § 10804(b)(5) Identify specific procedures and policies that would facilitate the sharing and transfer of data from one segment to another and ultimately to include linkages to workforce data.
(c)CA Education Code § 10804(c) The strategic plan shall be delivered by the State Chief Information Officer to the Legislature and the Governor on or before January 1, 2010.
(d)CA Education Code § 10804(d) This section may be implemented using federal grant funds received pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) through that act’s provision of funds for statewide data systems under the federal Education Technical Assistance Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq.).
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Section § 10805
This law requires California's education entities to provide the State Chief Information Officer with non-personally identifiable data about teachers and students. The data includes teacher distribution, credential status, and student performance and demographics. The information must be given in an agreed format, on an agreed schedule, and without cost. The Chief Information Officer can share this data publicly, but must ensure it complies with privacy laws.
(a)CA Education Code § 10805(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the state board, and the department shall provide to the State Chief Information Officer the individual nonpersonally identifiable or aggregate data related to teacher distribution, educator credential status, pupil assessment and accountability, or other pupil academic and achievement data, including, but not limited to, data generated from, or related to, the California Assessment of Student Performance and Progress, the English language development test, the Academic Performance Index (API), and adequate yearly progress data and calculations, graduation rates, pupils who dropout of school, and demographics of pupils and
teachers.
(b)CA Education Code § 10805(b) The data provided pursuant to the section shall be provided as follows:
(1)CA Education Code § 10805(b)(1) In a format that is agreeable to all relevant parties.
(2)CA Education Code § 10805(b)(2) In a timely manner, according to a schedule agreed upon by all relevant parties.
(3)CA Education Code § 10805(b)(3) At no cost to the State Chief Information Officer.
(c)CA Education Code § 10805(c) The State Chief Information Officer may release the information provided pursuant to subdivision (a) in any of the following manners:
(1)CA Education Code § 10805(c)(1) On paper at a single location that is accessible to the public.
(2)CA Education Code § 10805(c)(2) Electronically at a single location that is accessible to the public.
(3)CA Education Code § 10805(c)(3) Electronically via the Internet.
(d)CA Education Code § 10805(d) The State Chief Information Officer shall ensure that the use of this data is in compliance with applicable state and federal privacy laws.
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Section § 10806
This law requires state and local educational agencies and their officials to follow privacy laws and use strong security measures to protect personal information.
In meeting the requirements of this chapter, state agencies, local educational agencies, and the officers and appointees of those agencies shall consider and comply with state and federal privacy law and ensure the highest, appropriate security protections are in place in order to provide the maximum protection of privacy.
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Section § 10807
This law allows several educational and employment departments in California to work together by making special agreements. They aim to create a detailed system to track educational data over time, share data between different types of schools, and exchange workforce data with educational institutions.
The department, the University of California, the California State University, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, the Employment Development Department, and the California School Information Services established in Section 49081 may enter into interagency agreements in order to facilitate all of the following:
(a)CA Education Code § 10807(a) The implementation of a comprehensive longitudinal education data system for California.
(b)CA Education Code § 10807(b) The transfer of data from one educational segment to another.
(c)CA Education Code § 10807(c) The transfer of workforce data to the educational
segments.
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