41-5404. Workforce data task force; membership; duties; report; task force termination

A. The workforce data task force is established in the office of economic opportunity to oversee workforce system evaluation data sharing. The task force shall consist of the following members:

1. The director of the office of economic opportunity, or the director's designee, who shall serve as chairperson of the task force.

2. The director of the department of economic security or the director's designee.

3. The superintendent of public instruction or the superintendent's designee.

4. The president of the Arizona board of regents or the president's designee.

5. A representative of a community college district or the representative's designee.

B. The director of the office of economic opportunity may appoint advisory members to the task force as necessary.

C. Members of the task force are not eligible to receive compensation. The office of economic opportunity shall provide adequate staff support for the task force.

D. The task force shall:

1. Oversee development and maintenance of the state workforce evaluation data system.

2. Define and regularly review requirements, structures and methodologies for the system, including:

(a) A retention schedule for unemployment insurance records that supports the longitudinal evaluation of workforce and education programs.

(b) Data standards relating to unemployment insurance data, including rules for definition, format, source, provenance, element level and contextual integrity.

(c) Technical requirements for the storage, handling and distribution of data.

(d) System performance expectations.

(e) Controls for data confidentiality and data security for unemployment data, including when data is in transmission.

(f) Data quality and reporting standards.

(g) Required elements for data sharing agreements that conform to relevant state and federal requirements and that establish adequacy of receiving system requirements.

(h) A methodology to fund the development and ongoing database costs from existing resources of entities that have entered into current data sharing agreements pursuant to section 23-722.04.

3. Provide analyses and recommendations for all of the following:

(a) Data audit management, including data quality metrics, sanctions and incentives for data quality improvement.

(b) Documentation standards for data elements and systems components.

(c) Data archival and retrieval management systems, including change control and change tracking.

(d) Publication of standard and ad hoc reports for state and local level use on workforce system performance.

4. Submit an annual report regarding the task force's activities on or before November 1 to the governor, the president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives and provide a copy of this report to the secretary of state. The initial report shall include all initial requirements, structures and methodologies determined pursuant to this section.

E. The task force established by this section ends on July 1, 2024 pursuant to section 41-3103.