CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5593
Chapter 406, Laws of 2023
68th Legislature
2023 Regular Session
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT DIRECTORY INFORMATION—SHARING WITH HIGHER
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 23, 2023
Passed by the Senate April 19, 2023 CERTIFICATE
Yeas 41 Nays 8
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 SECOND SUBSTITUTE
SENATE BILL 5593 as passed by the
Senate and the House of
Representatives on the dates hereon
Passed by the House April 12, 2023 set forth.
Yeas 89 Nays 8
SARAH BANNISTER
LAURIE JINKINS
Secretary
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Approved May 9, 2023 2:46 PM FILED
May 10, 2023
Secretary of State
JAY INSLEE State of Washington
Governor of the State of Washington
 SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5593
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2023 Regular Session
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2023 Regular Session
By Senate Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Liias, Holy,
Mullet, Lovick, and C. Wilson)
READ FIRST TIME 02/24/23.
1 AN ACT Relating to improving equity in the transfer of student
2 data between K-12 schools and institutions of higher education;
3 adding a new section to chapter 28B.10 RCW; and adding a new section
4 to chapter 28A.150 RCW.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
6 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 28B.10
7 RCW to read as follows:
8 (1) Institutions of higher education must enter into data-sharing
9 agreements with the office of the superintendent of public
10 instruction to facilitate the transfer of high school student
11 directory information collected under section 2 of this act for the
12 purposes of informing Washington high school students of
13 postsecondary educational opportunities available in the state.
14 (2) Data-sharing agreements entered into under this section must
15 provide for the sharing of student enrollment and outcome information
16 from institutions of higher education, including federally designated
17 minority serving institutions of higher education that are
18 participating in data-sharing agreements under subsection (4) of this
19 section, to the office of the superintendent of public instruction.
20 Information provided in accordance with this subsection (2) must
21 include the statewide student identifier for each student. To the
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 1 extent possible, the office of the superintendent of public
2 instruction shall transmit student enrollment information to the
3 enrolled students' host districts for the current year.
4 (3)(a) Data-sharing agreements entered into by a community
5 college or technical college as defined in RCW 28B.50.030 are limited
6 to informing Washington high school students of postsecondary
7 educational opportunities available within a college's service
8 district as enumerated in RCW 28B.50.040.
9 (b) The state board for community and technical colleges may
10 coordinate with all of the community and technical colleges to
11 develop a single data-sharing agreement between the community and
12 technical colleges and the office of the superintendent of public
13 instruction.
14 (4) Federally designated minority serving institutions of higher
15 education that are bachelor degree-granting institutions and not
16 subject to subsection (1) of this section may enter into data-sharing
17 agreements with the office of the superintendent of public
18 instruction to facilitate the transfer of high school student
19 directory information collected under section 2 of this act for the
20 purpose of informing Washington high school students of postsecondary
21 educational opportunities available in the state.
22 (5) Agreements entered into under this section must obligate
23 institutions that will receive information through an agreement to
24 maintain the statewide student identifier for each student.
25 (6) For the purposes of this section, "statewide student
26 identifier" means the statewide student identifier required by RCW
27 28A.320.175 that is included in the longitudinal student data system
28 established under RCW 28A.300.500.
29 (7) For the purposes of this section, "directory information" has
30 the same meaning as in section 2 of this act.
31 NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 28A.150
32 RCW to read as follows:
33 (1) Beginning in 2024, each school district that operates a high
34 school shall annually transmit directory information for all enrolled
35 high school students to the office of the superintendent of public
36 instruction by November 1st.
37 (2) The office of the superintendent of public instruction must
38 hold the high school student directory information collected under
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 1 this section and make the information available for institutions of
2 higher education in accordance with section 1 of this act.
3 (3) By no later than the beginning of the 2025-26 school year,
4 the office of the superintendent of public instruction shall identify
5 a process for making information provided in accordance with section
6 1(2) of this act on a student's enrollment in an institution of
7 higher education available to the student's school district. The
8 process identified under this subsection (3) must require that
9 information provided to school districts include the statewide
10 student identifier for each student.
11 (4) In transmitting student information under this section,
12 school districts must comply with the consent procedures under RCW
13 28A.605.030, the federal family educational and privacy rights act of
14 1974 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g), and all applicable rules and
15 regulations.
16 (5) The student directory information data collected under this
17 section is solely for the following purposes:
18 (a) Providing information related to college awareness and
19 admissions at institutions of higher education in accordance with
20 section 1 of this act; and
21 (b) Providing enrollment and outcome information to the office of
22 the superintendent of public instruction and to school districts
23 related to students from their respective school district under
24 subsection (3) of this section.
25 (6) For the purposes of this section:
26 (a) "Directory information" means the names, addresses, email
27 addresses, and telephone numbers of students and their parents or
28 legal guardians; and
29 (b) "Statewide student identifier" has the same meaning as in
30 section 1 of this act.
Passed by the Senate April 19, 2023.
Passed by the House April 12, 2023.
Approved by the Governor May 9, 2023.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 10, 2023.
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