(a) A planning facilitator that contracts with the Office of Planning and Research pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 10855 shall report to the Department of Finance and the Legislature by January 1, 2021, its recommendations on all of the following:

(1) How access to data will be controlled and authorized.

(2) A means of developing common data definitions.

(3) Additional data elements necessary for partner entities to collect for future linkage to the data system.

(4) Any specific changes to state law that may be necessary for implementation.

(5) Plans for training and support of users.

(6) How users will be able to access the data system.

(7) How authorized users will enter and correct data.

(8) How to ensure data quality from each component of the education system and participating entities.

(9) How to address security and data privacy considerations, including compliance with existing state and federal data privacy and use laws, and standard elements that will be included in agreements necessary to share data among partner entities.

(10) How to connect data in a manner that limits the number of memoranda of understanding necessary and maximizes efficiencies.

(11) How to respond to requests from researchers to access data.

(12) How the data system should be expanded to incorporate childcare, early education, workforce, financial aid, and health and human services data.

(13) An implementation timeline, including key project milestones and sequencing for functionality expansions and enhancements.

(14) The estimated fiscal impact of developing the data system and the cost of recommended expansions and enhancements, including the ongoing management costs.

(15) A prioritization of key components needed to best enhance and expand the data system if available funding is insufficient to address all desirable elements.

(16) How to create a public-facing interface to share information with the public that can help inform decisions.

(17) How to identify and track students who do not have a preexisting statewide student identifier from the State Department of Education.

(b) (1) To the extent practicable, the workgroup shall prioritize the implementation of the data system in the following order:

(A) Phase 1: K–12 and higher education.

(B) Phase 2: Workforce.

(C) Phase 3: Early care and education.

(D) Phase 4: Health and human services, and other data connections.

(2) Paragraph (1) does not preclude the workgroup from recommending an alternative implementation order, provided there is sufficient justification included in the report.

(c) A planning facilitator that contracts with the Office of Planning and Research pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 10855 shall report to the Department of Finance and the Legislature on its progress in preparing the recommendations described in subdivision (a) by October 1, 2020.

(d) For purposes of this section, the workgroup shall not be required to reach a consensus as a condition of having a specified recommendation included in the report.

(e) The reports submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this section shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 51, Sec. 14. (SB 75) Effective July 1, 2019.)