BILL NUMBER: SB 19	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 4, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 2, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Simitian
    (   Principal coauthor:   Senator 
 Romero   ) 
    (   Coauthors:   Senators  
Alquist   and Wyland   ) 

                        DECEMBER 1, 2008

   An act to amend Section 10804 of the Education Code, relating to
education data  , and making an appropriation therefor
 .



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 19, as amended, Simitian. Education data.
   Existing law requires the State Chief Information Officer to
convene a working group representing specified entities to create a
strategic plan to link education data systems and to accomplish
specified objectives relating to the accessibility of education data.
The State Chief Information Officer is required to deliver this
strategic plan to the Legislature and the Governor no later than
September 1, 2009.
   This bill would  require that   authorize
 these provisions  to  be implemented using federal
grant funds received pursuant to the  Education Technical
Assistance Act for Statewide Data Systems, as part of the American
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, as specified. The bill would
appropriate funds for these purposes on a one-time basis 
 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 through that act'
s provision of funds for statewide data systems under the federal
Education Technical Assistance Act  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation:  yes   no
 . Fiscal committee:  yes   no  .
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   
  SECTION 1.    The Legislature finds and declares
all of the following:
   (a) Several recent attempts to analyze and improve the state of
education in California, such as the "Getting Down to Facts,"
"Closing the Achievement Gap," and "Students First" reports, have
concluded that the dearth of high-quality, comprehensive, and
longitudinal education data is significantly impeding the state's
capacity to assess, and therefore improve, education policy and
investment decisions.
   (b) This information scarcity is particularly acute in areas where
more and better data could help the state address its greatest
education challenges, such as the achievement gap, preschool quality,
and workforce and college preparation.
   (c) In addition to addressing these specific policy problems,
better education data systems are a necessary precondition for
continued learning at the institutional level and in the classroom.
   (d) Under California's decentralized education system, there is no
entity charged with ensuring that high-quality, comprehensive, and
longitudinal data exists, and no entity accountable for its absence.

   SEC. 2.   SECTION 1.   Section 10804 of
the Education Code is amended to read:
   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) 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) Provide an overall structural design for the linked education
data systems.
   (2) Examine current state education data systems.
   (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) 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.
   (c) The strategic plan shall be delivered by the State Chief
Information Officer to the Legislature and the Governor on or before
September 1, 2009.
   (d) This section  shall   may  be
implemented using federal grant funds received pursuant to the
 Education Technical Assistance Act for Statewide Data
Systems, as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of
2009 (Public Law 111-5), which are appropriated for these purposes on
a one-time basis. Appropriations made pursuant to this subdivision
may be authorized not sooner than 30 days after notification to and
approval by the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget
Committee.   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.).