HB0001H3036

[MULTIPLE BUDGETS AFFECTED]

Section Under Consideration:

Section: Section 006. ADMINISTRATION AND INFORMATION

Other Budget(s)Affected:

Section: Addition to 300 Sections [EDUCATIONAL LIAISON]

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Page 11-line 24 After "OCIO/ITD 3." Insert ",5.".

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"5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state chief information officer shall oversee, review and report on all aspects of administration and implementation of school finance and data collection required by W.S. 16-4-111(d), 21-2-202, 21-2-203, 21-3-117, 21-13-101 through 21-13-335 and in accordance with 2012 Senate File 33, as enacted into law, and Section 328 of this act and the related state longitudinal data system and associated infrastructure.

(b) The state chief information officer shall assess and identify the requirements necessary to facilitate the integrity, accuracy and security of all information and data utilized in calculation and distribution of payments to Wyoming school districts from the school foundation program account. This includes but is not limited to data and information collected by the department of education, the state superintendent, the professional teaching standards board and the state board of education which may be utilized in any manner to calculate payments from the school foundation program account to Wyoming school districts. The state chief information officer's access to information shall include but is not limited to student demographics, school district profiles, including budgets, directories and school configurations, certified and non-certified staff salaries, experience, education, vacancies, applicants, national board certified data, course inventory information, including career-vocational education, gifted and talented, special education, at-risk, extended day and summer school program data and reports as collected by the Wyoming department of education.

(c) All state agencies, boards, personnel, officials, Wyoming school districts and contractors shall cooperate with and provide all requested information to the state chief information officer in fulfilling the duties as required by this footnote. The chief information officer, or his designee, shall be treated as an employee of the Wyoming department of education for the purpose of receiving access to the data and reports identified in this section and is hereby a school official with a legitimate educational interest and a state officer evaluating education programs.

(d) Notwithstanding W.S. 9-1-603(a)(vi), the attorney general shall resolve any question related to the receipt, distribution or sharing of information obtained by the state chief information officer in reporting to the governor and the legislature in accordance with subsection (e) of this footnote.

(e) No later than the fifteenth of every month, the state chief information officer shall report to the governor, the joint appropriations interim committee and the joint education interim committee, his findings regarding duties under this footnote."

Page 131-After line 19 Insert the following new section and renumber as necessary:

"[EDUCATIONAL LIAISON]

Section 329.

(a) An educational liaison shall coordinate efforts by the legislature, the advisory committee to the select committee on statewide education accountability, the state superintendent of public instruction, the state board of education, and the Wyoming department of education as required Wyoming Accountability in Education Act, W.S. 21-2-204 and Section 328 of this act. The educational liaison shall:

(i) Coordinate, collect and review all information, data and reports required by the Wyoming Accountability in Education Act to be submitted to a legislative committee or the legislature and compile feedback and suggestions for the legislature;

(ii) Provide periodic status reports on the execution of the Wyoming Accountability in Education Act by the state superintendent of public instruction, the state board of education and the Wyoming department of education;

(iii) Review all requests for proposals or information, contracts and agreements executed or proposed for execution for the purposes of carrying out the duties required by the Wyoming Accountability in Education Act;

(iv) Review applicable rules, regulations and policies related to implementation and administration of the Wyoming Accountability in Education Act; and

(v) Identify and request necessary background and supporting information from appropriate educational and state agencies to provide feedback and recommendations to the legislature.

(b) All state agencies, boards, personnel, officials, Wyoming school districts and contractors shall cooperate with and provide all requested information to the education liaison in the most expedited manner possible.

(c) The education liaison shall be treated as an employee of the Wyoming department of education and a school official with a legitimate educational interest evaluating education programs for purposes of requesting and receiving access to data and information. Notwithstanding W.S. 9-1-603(a)(vi), the attorney general shall resolve any question related to the receipt, distribution or sharing of information obtained by the education liaison in fulfilling his duties under this section.

(d) Funds made available to the legislative service office under 2012 Senate File 57, Section 7(a), as enacted into law, and 2012 Senate File 90, Section 6, as enacted into law, may be used by that office to retain an at-will contract employee or consultant as determined by the management council to implement the purposes of this section."

To the extent required by this amendment: adjust totals; and renumber as necessary. TEETERS.