House Bill No. by Representative Spell amends and reenacts certain provisions of Louisiana's Foundational Integrated Research System for Transformation (LA FIRST) to enhance information sharing among public school governing authorities and the state Department of Education. The bill defines "personal information" as a person's social security number, full name, and date of birth, while "nonpersonal information" encompasses all other data in the LA FIRST system. It mandates that public school governing authorities share personal information for their students directly with the state Department of Education, which will then relay this information to the Kathleen Babineaux Blanco Public Policy Center. The initial data shared must include current students' personal information and at least five years of historical data for former students, with updates required at least annually.

Additionally, the bill stipulates that shared data will be categorized into personal and nonpersonal information, with personal information being used solely to generate unique identifiers for records. This personal information must be removed from research and analysis files after the identifier is assigned, ensuring that research does not involve identifiable personal data. The bill also broadens the scope of information sharing to include charter schools and allows the Department of Education to streamline the information sharing process by integrating these requirements into existing data-sharing agreements.

Statutes affected:
HB632 Original: 17:12(F)