Sec. 149. Data innovation grants
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Part C of title I, as amended by section 148, is further amended by adding after section 149 the following: The Director may award grants to, or enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with, public agencies (including the Bureau of Indian Education) to increase the capacity of public agencies to accurately manage, analyze, and use data collected by such agencies to inform decisionmaking and improve educational opportunities and outcomes, including academic achievement, postsecondary education access and completion, and labor market outcomes.
From amounts appropriated to carry out this section, the Director may reserve not more than 2 percent of such amounts for program administration, technical assistance, and carrying out the evaluation described in subsection (f). Awards made under subsection
(a)shall be for a period of not longer than 4 years. A public agency desiring a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section shall submit an application to the Director at such time and in such manner as the Director may reasonably require, including— a description of such agency’s plan to accurately manage, analyze, and use data collected by public agencies to inform decisionmaking and improve educational opportunities and outcomes, as described in subsection (a)(1), including a description of the specific data challenges the award will help address; and a description of such agency’s data infrastructure, staffing, data analytics, reporting, and sharing capabilities, and such agency’s efforts to protect and promote individual privacy and data security, in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and local privacy laws, increase data transparency, and minimize reporting burden. A public agency that receives a grant, contract, or cooperative agreement under this section shall use such award to increase the agency’s capacity to, in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and local privacy laws, accurately manage, analyze, and use data to inform decisionmaking and improve educational opportunities and outcomes, as described in subsection (a)(1), which may include the following activities: Improving data quality, standardization, and such agency’s capabilities related to data infrastructure, staffing, data analytics, reporting, and data sharing, including among a consortium of public agencies located in a single State or a consortium of public agencies located in 2 or more States. Supporting the development of tools, products, or interfaces to make data more transparent, accessible, and useful to students, families, practitioners, education system leaders, policymakers, community organizations, State and local public agencies, and the public in a manner that protects and promotes individual privacy and data security. Developing and implementing privacy and security techniques, platforms, protocols, or technology for using and securing personally identifiable information and data managed by public agencies. Developing and evaluating the validity and accuracy of an alternative student poverty measurement, which may include 1 or more of the following approaches: Improving the quality of data used to identify students directly certified or categorically eligible for free meals under the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) and linking such data with other individual-level measures, including from the Medicaid program under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), the Children's Health Insurance Program under title XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.), and other public agencies. Utilizing data from Federal or State tax records. Developing and utilizing local data, such as student neighborhood characteristics, which may include utilizing data published by the United States Census Bureau. The Director shall carry out an independent evaluation of activities carried out under this section. .
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