H.F. 2060 Section 1. UNIFIED EDUCATIONAL DATA SYSTEM TASK FORCE. 1 1. The department of education, in collaboration with the 2 office of the chief information officer and the area education 3 agencies, shall convene a unified educational data system task 4 force to develop and recommend a comprehensive approach to 5 data collection by the department. The task force shall at a 6 minimum do the following: 7 a. Study the costs and benefits of creating a user-friendly 8 uniform system that unifies data systems currently administered 9 by the department, including but not limited to the education 10 data warehouse, the student reporting in Iowa system, the 11 unique student identifier system, and the Iowa transcript 12 center. The study shall review the purpose and desired results 13 prompting the collection of certain data and shall focus on 14 improving efficiency, accuracy, and security of and access to 15 the data collected. 16 b. Study the costs and benefits of utilizing a single, 17 user-friendly, universal statewide student information system 18 by which school districts and accredited nonpublic schools can 19 submit necessary data to the department. 20 c. Identify measures by which the department may denote 21 for users the purpose and results in aggregate of the data 22 collected by the department. 23 d. Study the costs and means of developing and administering 24 a training program that provides school administrators with the 25 skills and experience necessary to use a unified educational 26 data system to manage and submit the necessary data as required 27 by the department. 28 e. Develop a formula to accurately, comprehensively, and 29 meticulously calculate data used to determine, at a minimum, 30 graduation rates, dropout rates, and enrollment in schools and 31 school districts. 32 2. The task force shall consist of education stakeholders 33 including but not limited to persons representing the 34 department, the office of the chief information officer, 35 -1- LSB 5336YH (2) 85 kh/nh 1/ 3

H.F. 2060 area education agencies, school districts which offer 1 prekindergarten through grade twelve, the boards of directors 2 of school districts, the authorities in charge of accredited 3 nonpublic schools, teachers, administrators, parents, and 4 postsecondary institutions. 5 3. The task force shall submit its findings and 6 recommendations in a report to the state board of education and 7 the general assembly by January 15, 2015. 8 EXPLANATION 9 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 10 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 11 This bill directs the department of education, in 12 collaboration with the office of the chief information 13 officer and the area education agencies, to convene a unified 14 educational data system task force to develop and recommend a 15 comprehensive approach to data collection by the department. 16 The task force shall study the costs and benefits of 17 creating a user-friendly uniform system that unifies data 18 systems currently administered by the department; review 19 the purpose and desired results prompting the collection of 20 certain data and focus on improving efficiency, accuracy, and 21 security of and access to the data collected; study the costs 22 and benefits of utilizing a single, user-friendly, universal 23 statewide student information system by which school districts 24 and accredited nonpublic schools can submit necessary data 25 to the department; identify measures to denote for users 26 the purpose and results in aggregate of the data collected 27 by the department; study the costs and means of developing 28 and administering a training program that provides school 29 administrators with the skills and experience necessary to use 30 a unified educational data system; and develop a formula to 31 determine, at a minimum, graduation rates, dropout rates, and 32 enrollment in schools and school districts. 33 The task force shall consist of education stakeholders 34 including but not limited to persons representing the 35 -2- LSB 5336YH (2) 85 kh/nh 2/ 3

H.F. 2060 department, the office of the chief information officer, 1 area education agencies, school districts which offer 2 prekindergarten through grade 12, the boards of directors of 3 school districts, the authorities in charge of accredited 4 nonpublic schools, teachers, administrators, parents, and 5 postsecondary institutions. 6 The task force shall submit its findings and recommendations 7 in a report to the state board of education and the general 8 assembly by January 15, 2015. 9 -3- LSB 5336YH (2) 85 kh/nh 3/ 3