Sec. 148. Statewide longitudinal data systems
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Part C of title I, as redesignated by section 102, is amended by adding after section 148 the following: In this section: The term eligible agency means— a State educational agency; the office of the Governor; a State agency, data governance body, or public sector organization, as determined and designated by the Governor; an outlying area; or a consortium of entities described in subparagraphs
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(C)located in a single State or a consortium of such entities located in 2 or more States. The term statewide longitudinal data system means a data system operated at the State level by an eligible agency that connects individual level data from early childhood education, elementary and secondary education, postsecondary education, workforce development, labor market outcomes, and other data sources, as determined by the State, in a manner that— protects and promotes individual privacy and data security, in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and local privacy laws, increases data transparency, and minimizes reporting burden; and enhances the ability of the public, researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and States to efficiently and accurately access, manage, analyze, and use data to inform decisionmaking and improve educational opportunities and outcomes, including academic achievement, postsecondary education access and completion, and labor market outcomes. Subject to paragraph
(2)the Secretary shall award grants, on a competitive basis, to eligible agencies to enable such agencies to design, develop, implement, and improve statewide longitudinal data systems. Eligible agencies receiving a grant under this section may provide subgrants to public agencies or institutions of higher education to improve the capacity of such agencies or institutions to participate in statewide longitudinal data systems. Of amounts made available to carry out this section, the Secretary may reserve not more than 10 percent of such amounts to award planning grants to eligible agencies to support planning related to the design, development, implementation, improvement, and sustainability of statewide longitudinal data systems, which may include planning to support— the integration or coordination of additional Federal, State, or local data sources in the statewide longitudinal data system, which may include facilitating interoperability across such data sources, including from across Federal, State, or local agencies; alignment with the voluntary standards and guidelines described in section 143(a)(6); the development of products, tools, or interfaces that provide appropriate access to data insights produced by the statewide longitudinal data system; or upgrading data infrastructure or reporting systems. Awards made under subparagraph
(A)shall be for a duration of not longer than 18 months. In carrying out planning activities under this paragraph, an eligible agency that receives an award under this paragraph shall, to the greatest extent practicable, engage students, families, practitioners, education system leaders, policymakers, community organizations, and State and local public agencies to inform such planning. In making awards under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary shall use a peer review process that— ensures technical quality (including validity and reliability), promotes data linkages within the State, and ensures the protection of individual privacy consistent with section 173; and promotes the generation and accurate and timely use of data that is needed— to support implementation of— the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; the Higher Education Act of 1965; the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006; the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq. ); the Child Care and Developmental Block Grant Act of 1990 ( 42 U.S.C. 9857 et seq. ); and other relevant Federal laws; and to facilitate research to improve educational and employment opportunities and outcomes, including student academic achievement, postsecondary education access and completion, labor market outcomes, and closing opportunity and achievement gaps between subgroups of students. In making awards under subsection (b)(1), the Secretary shall give priority to applications submitted by eligible agencies that— received a planning grant under subsection (b)(2) and propose to carry out activities informed by such planning; propose to develop products, tools, or interfaces that provide appropriate access to data insights produced by the statewide longitudinal data system; or require the use of the voluntary standards and guidelines described in section 143(a)(6). The Secretary shall award grants under subsection (b)(1) for a period of not longer than 4 years. The Secretary may renew grants under subsection (b)(1) for 2 additional years if the eligible agency demonstrates significant progress in meeting its goals. Each eligible agency desiring a grant under subsection (b)(1) shall submit an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, and accompanied by such information as the Secretary may reasonably require, including each of the following: A description of how the eligible agency will design, develop, implement, or improve a statewide longitudinal data system that will integrate data in accordance with the individual privacy and data security requirements specified in section 173, from the following data sources, to the greatest extent practicable: Early childhood education, in accordance with practices identified in subsection (i). Elementary and secondary education, including data reported from local educational agencies and the State educational agency. Career and technical education, to the greatest extent practicable. Postsecondary education, including data reported from, at a minimum, public institutions of higher education and public systems of institutions of higher education. Workforce development programs. Unemployment insurance or other statewide data sources with access to labor market outcomes or wage record data and in accordance with privacy and data security requirements of the State. A description of how the eligible agency will design, develop, implement, or improve a statewide longitudinal data system that may integrate data from other Federal, State, or local public or private agencies or organizations, in accordance with Federal and State privacy laws. A description of how the eligible agency will ensure that the statewide longitudinal data system will— be able to publicly disaggregate student data by each subgroup of students; ensure technical quality, including validity and reliability, of the data managed by the statewide longitudinal data system; and enable the development of tools, products or interfaces that ensure the statewide longitudinal data system will provide publicly accessible and useful information 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. A description of how the statewide longitudinal data system will, to the extent practicable, promote standardized data definitions, open data formats, other standards, and linkages utilized in multiple States, and be aligned with the subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code. A description of the eligible agency’s plan to protect and promote individual privacy and data security in implementing the State longitudinal data system, including— defining policies, guidelines, or protocols, as appropriate for data collection, storage, data sharing, use, data destruction, and disclosure avoidance to secure any personally identifiable information; reviewing how State agencies, local agencies, and other entities that will have access to the statewide longitudinal data systems under this section will adhere to Federal or State privacy laws and protections in the building, maintenance, and use of such data systems; and providing training or professional development to any employee or contractor of such system to ensure compliance with section 444 of the General Education Provisions Act (commonly known as the “Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974”), section 445 of that Act (commonly known as the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment ), the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 ( 15 U.S.C. 6501 et seq. ), the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 ( Public Law 104–191 ), and any other relevant Federal or State privacy law. A description of the data governance structure for the statewide longitudinal data system, which shall, to the greatest extent practicable, support the implementation of statewide data governance structures that involve all relevant State agencies, which may include establishing a State chief privacy officer or a data governance coordinator. A description of the eligible agency’s plan to promote long-term sustainability of the statewide longitudinal data system, including identifying State and local funding that will be used to support the operation, maintenance, and upgrades of such system. An eligible agency receiving an award under subsection (c)(1)— shall use funds to enhance or modernize data infrastructure and analytics capacity to integrate data across early childhood education through postsecondary study and labor market outcomes into the State longitudinal data system, including the data sources required, to the greatest extent practicable, in subsection (d)(1)(A); and may carry out 1 or more of the following activities: Integrate additional local, State, or Federal data sources in the statewide longitudinal data system or facilitate interoperability between such data sources. Develop or increase the public’s access to products, tools, or interfaces and that provide appropriate access to data insights produced by the statewide longitudinal data system. Implement policies to protect and promote student privacy and data security. Provide professional development to individuals, practitioners, and education system leaders to better understand, use, and analyze data from the statewide longitudinal data system. Funds made available under this section shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, other State or local funds used for developing State data systems. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Advancing Research in Education Act , and again 3 years after such date of enactment, the Secretary, in consultation with the National Academies Committee on National Statistics, shall make publicly available a report on the implementation and effectiveness of Federal, State, and local efforts related to the goals of this section, including— identifying and analyzing State practices regarding the development and use of statewide longitudinal data systems; evaluating the ability of such systems to manage individual student data, promote linkages across States, and protect student privacy consistent with section 173; and identifying best practices and areas for improvement. Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Advancing Research in Education Act , and on an ongoing basis, the Secretary shall issue guidance and provide technical assistance on— protecting and promoting individual privacy and data security in implementing statewide longitudinal data systems in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and local privacy laws; developing or increasing the public’s access to products, tools, or interfaces that provide appropriate access to data insights produced by statewide longitudinal data systems, which may support the public, researchers, policymakers, practitioners, and States in efficiently and accurately accessing, managing, analyzing, and using data to inform decisionmaking and improve educational opportunities and outcomes, including academic achievement, postsecondary education access and completion, and labor market outcomes; and supporting data linkages between a statewide longitudinal data system and data from postsecondary education, workforce programs, unemployment insurance, or other statewide data sources with access to wage record data, which shall include the use of different unique identifiers and may include the use of Social Security numbers, in accordance with applicable Federal, State, and local privacy laws. The Secretary of Health and Human Services, in coordination with the Statistics Commissioner, shall develop guidance for eligible agencies on integrating data voluntarily reported under the Head Start Act ( 42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq. ) and other early childhood education data in the statewide longitudinal data system. The Statistics Commissioner shall provide technical assistance to eligible agencies to efficiently collect and report data related to enrollment, retention, transfer, and completion rates in early college high school or dual or concurrent enrollment programs. .
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