CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6053
Chapter 324, Laws of 2024
68th Legislature
2024 Regular Session
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION—DATA SHARING
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2024
Passed by the Senate March 5, 2024 CERTIFICATE
Yeas 47 Nays 0
I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of
the Senate of the State of
DENNY HECK Washington, do hereby certify that
President of the Senate the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE
BILL 6053 as passed by the Senate
and the House of Representatives on
the dates hereon set forth.
Passed by the House February 29, 2024
Yeas 85 Nays 11
SARAH BANNISTER
LAURIE JINKINS Secretary
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Approved March 28, 2024 10:41 AM FILED
March 29, 2024
Secretary of State
JAY INSLEE State of Washington
Governor of the State of Washington
 SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6053
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session
By Senate Higher Education & Workforce Development (originally
sponsored by Senators Holy, Lovick, Mullet, Nguyen, Shewmake, Valdez,
and C. Wilson; by request of Student Achievement Council)
READ FIRST TIME 01/17/24.
1 AN ACT Relating to improving equitable access to postsecondary
2 education by improving data sharing between the office of the
3 superintendent of public instruction, the Washington student
4 achievement council, and institutions of higher education; and
5 amending RCW 28B.10.041 and 28A.150.515.
6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
7 Sec. 1. RCW 28B.10.041 and 2023 c 406 s 1 are each amended to
8 read as follows:
9 (1) ((Institutions)) The Washington student achievement council
10 and institutions of higher education must enter into data-sharing
11 agreements with the office of the superintendent of public
12 instruction to facilitate the transfer of high school student
13 directory information collected under RCW 28A.150.515 for the
14 purposes of informing Washington high school students of
15 postsecondary financial aid and educational opportunities available
16 in the state.
17 (2) Data-sharing agreements entered into under this section must
18 provide for the ((sharing of)) education research and data center to
19 share student enrollment and outcome information from institutions of
20 higher education, including federally designated minority serving
21 institutions of higher education that are participating in data-
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 1 sharing agreements under subsection (4) of this section, to the
2 office of the superintendent of public instruction. Information
3 provided in accordance with this subsection (2) must include the
4 statewide student identifier for each student. To the extent
5 possible, the office of the superintendent of public instruction
6 shall transmit student enrollment information to the enrolled
7 students' host districts for the current year.
8 (3)(a) Data-sharing agreements entered into by a community
9 college or technical college as defined in RCW 28B.50.030 are limited
10 to informing Washington high school students of postsecondary
11 educational opportunities available within a college's service
12 district as enumerated in RCW 28B.50.040.
13 (b) The state board for community and technical colleges may
14 coordinate with all of the community and technical colleges to
15 develop a single data-sharing agreement between the community and
16 technical colleges and the office of the superintendent of public
17 instruction.
18 (4) Federally designated minority-serving institutions of higher
19 education that are bachelor degree-granting institutions and not
20 subject to subsection (1) of this section may enter into data-sharing
21 agreements with the office of the superintendent of public
22 instruction to facilitate the transfer of high school student
23 directory information collected under RCW 28A.150.515 for the purpose
24 of informing Washington high school students of postsecondary
25 educational opportunities available in the state.
26 (5) Agreements entered into under this section must obligate the
27 Washington student achievement council and institutions that will
28 receive information through an agreement to maintain the statewide
29 student identifier for each student.
30 (6) For the purposes of this section, "statewide student
31 identifier" means the statewide student identifier required by RCW
32 28A.320.175 that is included in the longitudinal student data system
33 established under RCW 28A.300.500.
34 (7) For the purposes of this section, "directory information" has
35 the same meaning as in RCW 28A.150.515.
36 Sec. 2. RCW 28A.150.515 and 2023 c 406 s 2 are each amended to
37 read as follows:
38 (1) Beginning in 2024, each school district that operates a high
39 school shall annually transmit directory information for all enrolled
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 1 high school students to the office of the superintendent of public
2 instruction by November 1st.
3 (2) The office of the superintendent of public instruction must
4 hold the high school student directory information collected under
5 this section and make the information available for the Washington
6 student achievement council and institutions of higher education in
7 accordance with RCW 28B.10.041.
8 (3) By no later than the beginning of the 2025-26 school year,
9 the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall identify
10 a process for making information provided in accordance with RCW
11 28B.10.041(2) on a student's enrollment in an institution of higher
12 education available to the student's school district. The process
13 identified under this subsection (3) must require that information
14 provided to school districts include the statewide student identifier
15 for each student.
16 (4) In transmitting student information under this section,
17 school districts must comply with the consent procedures under RCW
18 28A.605.030, the federal family educational and privacy rights act of
19 1974 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g), and all applicable rules and
20 regulations.
21 (5) The student directory information data collected under this
22 section is solely for the following purposes:
23 (a) Providing information related to college awareness and
24 admissions at institutions of higher education in accordance with RCW
25 28B.10.041; ((and))
26 (b) Providing information related to postsecondary financial aid
27 and educational opportunities in accordance with RCW 28B.10.041; and
28 (c) Providing enrollment and outcome information to the office of
29 the superintendent of public instruction and to school districts
30 related to students from their respective school district under
31 subsection (3) of this section.
32 (6) For the purposes of this section:
33 (a) "Directory information" means the names, addresses, email
34 addresses, and telephone numbers of students and their parents or
35 legal guardians; and
36 (b) "Statewide student identifier" has the same meaning as in RCW
37 28B.10.041.
Passed by the Senate March 5, 2024.
Passed by the House February 29, 2024.
Approved by the Governor March 28, 2024.
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Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 29, 2024.
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Statutes affected:
Original Bill: 28B.10.041, 28A.150.515
Substitute Bill: 28B.10.041, 28A.150.515
Bill as Passed Legislature: 28B.10.041, 28A.150.515
Session Law: 28B.10.041, 28A.150.515