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Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center - External Data Sharing With Third-Party Data Centers for Multistate Reporting - Authorization

Sponsor: Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment CommitteeCommittee: Education, Energy, and the EnvironmentSubject: Primary and Secondary EducationStatus: Approved by the Governor - Chapter 101 (as of Sep 4, 2026)

What this bill does

Official synopsis

Authorizing the Governing Board of the Maryland Longitudinal Data System Center to provide certain student and workforce data to a third-party data center under certain circumstances; requiring each third-party data center to agree to comply with certain requirements relating to the data the center receives; requiring the Center to enter into a written data sharing agreement with certain third-party data centers; requiring the Center to submit a report to certain committees within 30 days of entering into a certain agreement; etc.

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Testimony (22)

MGA witness list
FAV 18FavorableFWA 1Favorable with amendmentsUNF 3Unfavorable
PositionWitnessOrganizationTestimony
FAVDodge, MonicaDC Office of Education Through Employment PathwaysOral + Written (PDF)
FAVMcCarthy, JaimeGreater Washington PartnershipWritten (PDF)
FAVCratsley, LaurelMSDEWritten (PDF)
FAVJabin, DrewMaryland Association of Community CollegesWritten (PDF)
FAVJabin, DrewMaryland Association of Community CollegesWritten (PDF)
FAVPeck, BeatrixMaryland Independent College & University AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVPeck, BeatrixMaryland Independent College & University AssociationWritten (PDF)
FAVGoldstein, RossMaryland Longitudinal Data System CenterOral + Written (PDF)
FAVCratsley, LaurelMaryland State Department of EducationWritten (PDF)
FAVMassa, TodState Council of Higher Education for VirginiaWritten (PDF)
FAVMills, JonathanThe Coleridge InitiativeOral + Written (PDF)
FAVKaplowitz, Richard KAPYearWritten (PDF)
FAVKaplowitz, Richard KAPYearWritten (PDF)
FAVButkiewicz, MichaelIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVChair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Comm, Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment CommIndividualOral
FAVChair, Education, Energy, and the Environment Comm, Chair, Education, Energy, and the Environment CommIndividualOral
FAVShopland, JamieIndividualWritten (PDF)
FAVYancone, MarissaIndividualWritten (PDF)
UNFBaines, AliciaN/AWritten (PDF)
UNFRosa, RichardIndividualPosition only
UNFTibbals, TrudyIndividualPosition only
FWABergman, DayanaIndividualOral

Organizations on record