Data: means any information about a person stored in a physical or electronic record. See Utah Code 53B-33-101
Data research program: means the data maintained by the center in accordance with Section 53B-33-301. See Utah Code 53B-33-101
De-identified data: means data about a person that cannot, without additional information, identify the person to another person or machine. See Utah Code 53B-33-101
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
The center may, in order to establish the data research program described in Subsection (1):
(a)
acquire property or equipment in order to store aggregated, connected, and de-identified data derived from data contributed by the participating entities; or
store aggregated, connected, and de-identified data derived from data contributed by the participating entities; or
(ii)
utilize existing aggregated, connected, and de-identified data maintained by a state government entity.
(3)
A participating entity shall contribute data to the data research program described in Subsection (1) within guidelines established by the center.
(4)
The center may only release data maintained by the center in accordance with the procedures described in this chapter.
(5)
The center shall:
(a)
as directed by the board, serve as a repository in the state of data from institutions of higher education;
(b)
collaborate with the board and the StateBoard of Education to coordinate access to the unique student identifier of a public education student who later attends an institution of higher education in accordance with Sections 53B-1-109 and 53E-4-308;
(c)
develop, establish, and maintain programs that promote access to data from institutions of higher education;
(d)
identify initiatives that leverage education data that will improve a state citizen’s ability to:
(i)
access services at an institution of higher education; or
(ii)
graduate with a postsecondary certificate or degree; and
(e)
perform all other duties provided in this chapter.
(6)
The director shall identify the resources necessary to successfully implement initiatives described in Subsection (5)(d), in accordance with Section 53B-7-101.
(7)
The center may:
(a)
employ staff necessary to carry out the center’s duties;
(b)
purchase, own, create, or maintain equipment necessary to:
(i)
collect data from the participating entities;
(ii)
connect and de-identify data collected by the center;
(iii)
store connected and de-identified data; or
(iv)
conduct research on data stored or obtained by the center; or
(c)
contract with a private entity, another state or federal entity, or a political subdivision of the state to carry out the center’s duties as provided in this chapter.
shall, upon request by the Office of the Legislative Auditor General, provide access to all records, data, and other materials in possession of the center; and
(b)
is otherwise subject to the authority of the legislative auditor general in accordance with Utah Constitution, Article VI, Section 33, and Section 36-12-15.
