LRB-1507/3
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2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Hynek, BB0442 - Student data system collaboration
For 2013-2015 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Education
Primary and secondary education
Current law directs DPI, the Board of Regents of the UW System, the Technical College System Board, and the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities to enter into a written agreement requiring them to establish and maintain a longitudinal data system of student data that links such data from preschool programs to postsecondary programs.
This bill requires that DCF and DWD be parties to the agreement and that work force data be a part of the data system.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 115.297 (1) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.297 (1) (a) "Agencies" means the department, the board of regents of the University of Wisconsin System, the department of children and families, the department of workforce development, the technical college system board, and the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities.
Section
2. 115.297 (3) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.297 (3) (a) Requires that the agencies establish and maintain a longitudinal data system of student data that links such data from preschool programs to postsecondary education programs, and describes the process by which the data system will be established and maintained, and ensures its interoperability with the work force data systems maintained by the department of workforce development. The data system may consist of separate record systems integrated through agreement and data transfer mechanisms.
Section
3. 115.297 (3) (d) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.297 (3) (d) Requires the agencies to exchange student and work force data to the extent necessary to perform the evaluation or study approved under par. (c).
Section
4. 115.297 (4) (a) of the statutes is amended to read:
115.297 (4) (a) Except as provided in par. (b), any of the agencies may submit student or work force data to the longitudinal data system under sub. (3) (a), to another agency, or to a public or private research organization, to support an evaluation or study under this section.
Section
5. 115.297 (6) of the statutes is created to read:
115.297 (6) Report. Annually by October 1, the agencies shall submit a joint report to the secretary of administration regarding their progress in establishing a longitudinal data system under sub. (3) (a).
Section 9134.
Nonstatutory provisions; Public Instruction.
(1) Statewide student data system. By the first day of the 3rd month beginning after the effective date of this subsection, the agencies specified in section 115.297 (1) (a) of the statutes, as affected by this act, shall amend the agreement under section 115.297 (3) of the statutes, or enter into a new agreement under that section, so as to include the department of children and families and the department of workforce development in the agreement.
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