House committee substitute to the 1st edition makes the following changes and adds new Part III.  Makes organizational changes. Makes conforming changes to act’s long and short titles.  

Part I.

Requires the State Board of Community Colleges (Board) to complete its transition to the new learning management by December 31, 2027.  

Part III.

Changes the title of GS Chapter 116E to the “NC Longitudinal Data System” (currently, titled as the Education Longitude System).  Adds CJIS, HIPAA, IDEA, and public school unit to GS 116E-1 (definitions provision of the chapter). Modifies the definition of System to clarify that it refers to the NC Longitudinal Data System including components referred to as the NC Longitudinal Data Service (Service). Changes references from “local school administrative unit” to “public school” in term unique student identifier or UID. Makes technical changes.

Removes language limiting the linkage of student data and workforce data in the System to no longer than five years from the described start date in GS 116E-2 (System purpose).

Modifies the powers and duties of the Governmental Data Analytics Center (Center) in GS 116E-4 as follows. Removes requirement that the Center designate a compliance timeline for electronic transcripts, as described. Requires the Center to publish the data inventory. Expands the Center’s compliance laws to include the IDEA, HIPAA, CJIS, and the Internal Revenue Code. Requires the Center to develop and implement policies to also comply with those laws in addition to any other privacy measures relevant to the data available to the System (currently, just other privacy measures and FERPA). Makes conforming change. Moves the System’s administrative location from the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to the Department of Information Technology (DIT) in GS 116E-5. Now requires the System to serve as a data broker including data maintained by (1) governing bodies of public school units and public school units (was, local boards of education, local school administrative units, and public school units) and (2) for the entire Department of Commerce (DOC) instead of just its Division of Employment Security. Requires the System and recipients of data in fulfillment of approved data requests to use only aggregated data in public reports (currently, requires the System to use only aggregate data in the release of data in reports and in response to data requests). Instructs that ownership of all data collected and maintained by the System remains with the contributors to the System and that management and disclosure of data by the System does not change the data’s ownership. Makes conforming changes.

Requires in GS 116E-6 (concerning data sharing by public schools, charter schools, institutions of higher education and State agencies) that all sharing supported by the System comply with all applicable federal and State data and data privacy laws and regulations. Makes conforming change.

Effective July 1, 2025.