California § 69875

§ 69875.

(a) (1) A participating institution seeking or obtaining Workforce Pell Grant program eligibility shall provide program-level and student-level data required pursuant to Section 69872, and any data or outcome metrics used to justify initial or continued eligibility, to the Office of the Cradle-to-Career Data. (2) The office of the Chancellor of the California State University and the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall, and the office of the President of the University of California is requested to, coordinate with the Office of Cradle-to-Career Data on behalf of their respective participating institutions to submit the required data to the California Cradle-to-Career Data System using existing legal and data-sharing agreements. (3) A participating institution, excluding an institution covered under paragraph (2), shall provide data in a manner and procedure established by the Office of Cradle-to-Career Data. The manner and procedure, and any related guidance or manuals, outlined by the Office of Cradle-to-Career Data to implement this section shall be exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). (b) (1) A participating institution shall ensure that any confidential student information or student-level data collected for purposes of this article is disclosed to the Office of Cradle-to-Career Data, consistent with applicable federal and state laws regarding access to, and confidentiality of, student record information, including, but not limited to, the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g) and the Information Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code). (2) Pursuant to Section 10872, information disclosed to the Office of Cradle-to-Career Data is not subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) of Title 1 of the Government Code). (c) The Office of Cradle-to-Career Data may publicly disclose any information submitted by a participating institution subject to, and in compliance with, all applicable state and federal privacy law.