SB 5960 — Concerning higher education data and transparency.

S-2087.1SUBSTITUTES-1745.2SENATE SENATE BILL 5960State of Washington66th Legislature2019 Regular SessionBySenateSessionBySenator HigherPalumboAN Education & Workforce Development (originally sponsored by Senator Palumbo)READ FIRST TIME 02/22/19.AN ACT Relating to higher education data and transparency;

adding a new section to chapter 82.32 RCW;

and adding a new section to chapter 28B.10 RCW.BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:PART IDATA COLLECTIONNEW SECTION.  Sec.SECTION.  Sec.

The council's office of student financial assistance shall determine penalties for postsecondary institutions in accordance with chapter 34.05 RCW.(6) The education data center shall make data available to researchers and the public by January 1, 2020, and update the data at least annually.(7) Nothing in this section allows the sharing of confidential information that is prohibited by state or federal law.(8) For the purposes of this section, "postsecondary institution" means an institution of higher education as defined in RCW 28B.10.016, a degree-granting institution as defined in RCW 28B.85.010, a private vocational school as defined in RCW 28C.10.020, and a school as defined in RCW 18.16.020.PART IIPOSTSECONDARY AND WORKFORCE DASHBOARDNEW SECTION.  Sec.SECTION.  Sec.

A new section is added to chapter 28C.18 RCW to read as follows:(1) The board shall make detailed statistical summaries of student-level data authorized under section 1 of this act accessible and easy to navigate through the board's career bridge web site for the purpose of providing information to the public on the costs and outcomes of all Washington postsecondary institutions programs.

The education data center shall make data from collaborative analyses available to the education agencies and institutions that contribute data to the education data center to the extent allowed by federal and state security and confidentiality requirements applicable to the data of each contributing agency or institution.NEW SECTION.  Sec.SECTION.  Sec.

A new section is added to chapter 82.3218.16 RCW to read as follows:Forfollows:The thedepartment purposesshall ofcooperate with the workforce training and education coordinating boardboard's implementingresponsibilities under section 2 of this act and RCWshall 43.41.400,provide andinformation to improve the accuracy of other federal and statedata performancein reporting,a theformat departmentthat shallis workaccessible withto the workforce training and education coordinating boardboard.PART toIIIHIGHER useEDUCATION availableACCOUNTING taxTRANSPARENCYNEW recordsSECTION.  Sec. for addressing the gap in data for self-employed individuals.

Data shared by the department under any data-sharing agreement entered into under this section remains privileged and confidential and exempt from disclosure under the public records act, chapter 42.56 RCW.NEW SECTION.  Sec.

A new section is added to chapter 18.16 RCW to read as follows:The department shall cooperate with the workforce training and education coordinating board's responsibilities under section 2 of this act and shall provide information and data in a format that is accessible to the workforce training and education coordinating board.PART IIIHIGHER EDUCATION ACCOUNTING TRANSPARENCYNEW SECTION.  Sec.

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The office of financial management shall notify the fiscal committees of the legislature of these standards and procedures and any future updates.

The standards and procedures must allow, at a minimum, institutions of higher education to report detail in the following areas:(a) Spending and staffing levels for different types of faculty, including part-time and adjunct faculty;(b) Spending by campus and department;(c) Spending by degree program as defined by the classification of instructional programs;(d) Tuition revenue by campus, student residency status, and tuition type;(e) Revenue and spending for auxiliary activities such as housing, dining, and intercollegiate athletics;(f) Spending and forgone revenue for financial aid and tuition waivers by award type;(g) Spending on information technology consistent with the office of the chief information officer policies on technology business management;

The director of financial management shall include in the audit resolution report actions taken as a result of an audit including, but not limited to, types of personnel actions, costs and types of litigation, and value of recouped goods or services.(e) Promptly report any irregularities to the attorney general.(f) Investigate improper governmental activity under chapter 42.40 RCW.(g) Audit the information reported by institutions of higher education under section 65 of this act for completeness and accuracy.In addition to the authority given to the state auditor in this subsection (((6)))(7), the state auditor is authorized to conduct performance audits identified in RCW 43.09.470.