§27-7 Departmental data sharing. (a) The department of education, the University of Hawaii, the department of labor and industrial relations, and other state agencies, as appropriate, shall share data to support research that will improve educational and workforce outcomes and meet the longitudinal data requirements of the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, as amended. The data to be shared shall be determined jointly by the department of education, the University of Hawaii, the department of labor and industrial relations, and other state agencies, as appropriate, and shall be shared no less than annually.
(b) The department of education, the University of Hawaii, the department of labor and industrial relations, and other state agencies, as appropriate, shall share data in a manner that safeguards the confidentiality of student education records, as defined by the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, and workforce data, as provided by applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations.
(c) The department of education, the University of Hawaii, the department of labor and industrial relations, and other state agencies, as appropriate, shall establish a data governance and access committee that meets on a quarterly basis to determine protocols to:
(1) Prioritize analyses and research questions that will provide information to improve educational and workforce outcomes and policies; and
(2) Approve requests for access to data provided by the department of education, the University of Hawaii, the department of labor and industrial [relations], and other state agencies, as appropriate.
(d) All state agency directors shall consider sharing data for the statewide longitudinal data system. [L 2010, c 41, §2]
Revision Note
Section was enacted as an addition to chapter 302A but was renumbered to this chapter pursuant to §23G-15.
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