AB 2723: The California Cradle-to-Career Data System Act.

Under existing law, the California Cradle-to-Career Data System is established to be a source for actionable data and research on education, economic, and health outcomes for individuals, families, and communities, and is established to provide for expanded access to tools and services that support the navigation of the education-to-employment pipeline. Under existing law, the California Cradle-to-Career Data System Workgroup is established to assess and recommend data system structural components, processes, and options for expansion and enhancement of data system functionality and to advise ongoing efforts to develop, administer, and enhance the data system. Under existing law, a governing board is established to govern the data system.

This bill would dissolve the workgroup.

Existing law defines a data set to be adopted by the governing board and approximates the size of that data set to be 160 data points.

This bill would remove that approximation.

Existing law designates all institutions represented on the governing board as data providers, with the exception of the Association of Independent California Colleges and Universities and the members of the public appointed by the Legislature.

This bill would specifically identify which institutions and persons represented on the governing board are designated as data providers, and which are not. The bill would add the Senate and Assembly representatives and the Chief Operations Officer of California School Information Services to the list of institutions and persons represented on the board not designated as data providers.

Existing law, the Information Practices Act of 1977, gives to an individual certain rights with respect to personal information, as defined, about that individual that is maintained by certain state public entities.

This bill would, among other things, prohibit individuals from having the right to inquire about, to be notified about, to inspect, or to request to amend personal information in records maintained in the data system, as specified.

Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.

This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.

This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.