State agencies must share education and workforce data

(a) The department of education; the executive office on early learning; the university of Hawaii; the department of labor and industrial relations; the department of human services; the department of taxation; the department of business, economic development, and tourism; and other state agencies, as appropriate, shall share data through the statewide longitudinal data system to support research and evaluation that will improve outcomes throughout the early education to workforce pipeline. The data to be shared shall be determined jointly by the department of education; the executive office on early learning; the university of Hawaii; the department of labor and industrial relations; the department of human services; the department of taxation; the department of business, economic development, and tourism; and other state agencies, as appropriate, and shall be shared no less than annually; provided that any data provided by the department of business, economic development, and tourism or department of taxation shall also be aggregated or anonymized. (b) The department of education; the executive office on early learning; the university of Hawaii; the department of labor and industrial relations; the department of human services; the department of taxation; the department of business, economic development, and tourism; 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 statewide longitudinal data system shall store and analyze career and technical education data it receives from all state educational systems and workforce training agencies pursuant to section 304A-304 to analyze the cross-agency longitudinal education and workforce outcomes of students who attempted an educational course, training program, career program, postsecondary program, or other state-supported workforce training program. Data to be shared shall be determined jointly by the relevant agencies and shall be shared no less than annually. (d) All data shared by or with the department of human services; department of taxation; department of business, economic development, and tourism; department of education; public charter school authorizers; public charter schools; executive office on early learning; and other entities as required by statute shall be subject to any state or federal laws and any administrative rule regarding privacy adopted by the department or agency that collected the data. (e) The department of education; the executive office on early learning; the university of Hawaii; the department of labor and industrial relations; the department of human services; the department of taxation; the department of business, economic development, and tourism; and other state agencies, as appropriate, shall partner to collectively govern the statewide longitudinal data system and 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 executive office on early learning; the university of Hawaii; the department of labor and industrial relations; the department of human services; the department of taxation; the department of business, economic development, and tourism; and other state agencies, as appropriate. (f) All state agency directors shall consider sharing data for the statewide longitudinal data system.