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Title 1.DIVISION 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS
Part 7.PART 7. JOINT PROGRAMS, SERVICES, AND POWERS (COUNTIES, SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND HIGHER EDUCATION)
Ch. 8.5.CHAPTER 8.5. California Cradle-to-Career Data System Act
Art. 2.ARTICLE 2. California Cradle-to-Career Data System
For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a)“Advisory boards” means the advisory boards established pursuant to Section 10865.
(b)“A–G coursework” means the 15-unit pattern of courses across seven subject areas that pupils must complete during high school to meet minimum eligibility requirements for admission to the California State University or the University of California.
(c)“Analytical tools” means the resources that provide for access to information for research and evaluation purposes such as dashboards, a query builder, summaries of key student and employment outcomes, and a research library, including, but not limited to, the
P20W data set.
(d)“California College Guidance Initiative” (CCGI) means the public-nonprofit partnership of Student Friendly
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For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a)
“Advisory boards” means the advisory boards established pursuant to Section 10865.
(b)
“A–G coursework” means the 15-unit pattern of courses across seven subject areas that pupils must complete during high school to meet minimum eligibility requirements for admission to the California State University or the University of California.
(c)
“Analytical tools” means the resources that provide for access to information for research and evaluation purposes such as dashboards, a query builder, summaries of key student and employment outcomes, and a research library, including, but not limited to, the
P20W data set.
(d)
“California College Guidance Initiative” (CCGI) means the public-nonprofit partnership of Student Friendly Services, established pursuant to Item 6100-172-0001 of the annual Budget Act, authorized by Section 60900.5, and administered by the Foundation for California Community Colleges established pursuant to Section 72670.5, or a successor agent.
(e)
“Data providers” means entities that submit the individual, educational, academic, training, employment, social service, health, and other information used to create the data system.
(f)
“Data requests in the public interest” means those requests that enable parents, educators, health and human services providers, researchers, and policymakers to provide appropriate interventions and supports to address disparities in opportunities and improve outcomes
for all students.
(g)
“Data system” means the Cradle-to-Career Data System established pursuant to this chapter.
(h)
“eTranscript California” means an electronic transcript service administered by the California Community Colleges, or a successor agent.
(i)
“Governing board” means the governing board established pursuant to Section 10864 that is subject to Sections 10865 and 10866.
(j)
“Managing entity” means the office created in Section 10862 that is responsible for Section 10867.
(k)
“Operational tools” means the publicly supported educator-, student-, and parent-facing tools that use student-specific data to support college planning and education transitions, including, but not limited
to, the CCGI and eTranscript California. All tools under this definition shall comply with the student privacy provisions of Section 49073.1. Pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 10870, a local educational agency shall not be required to enter into a contract with a provider of publicly supported “operational tools” as defined in this subdivision.
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“Participation agreement” means the legal framework used by the state to establish the conditions under which data may be shared and used, and may include the use of a master data exchange agreement or other agreements between partner entities, data providers, and the managing entity.
(m)
“P20W data set” means the data set adopted by the governing board and requested from the data providers, including, but not limited to, the data points described in the report to the Department of Finance and the Legislature required by
subdivision (a) of former Section 10856, as it read on January 1, 2024, and as adjusted by the governing board. The governing board may add or remove requested data points based on changes in the usage of the element. As required by the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code) and the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g), data providers shall retain sole control over their source data and may reject, add, or remove data elements contributed to the P20W data set, as reflected in its participation agreement with the managing entity.