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Board approves draft data-sharing agreement with Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity (Upstart evaluation)
Summary
The Utah State Board approved draft 2 of a data-sharing agreement that will allow the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity, ETI and Waterford to measure the effectiveness of the Upstart program using student identifiers; the motion passed with four members recorded as opposing.
The Utah State Board of Education approved a data-sharing agreement with the Governor’s Office of Economic Opportunity, ETI and Waterford to support evaluation of the Upstart early-learning program.
The motion before the board substituted draft 2 of the proposed agreement and the board approved that draft on the floor. Assistant Attorney General Michelle Buse said the purpose of the agreement is to measure the effectiveness of the Upstart program. Board member Boggess raised privacy concerns about sharing student identifiers and asked for clarity on the purpose and data protections.
Outcome and votes: The board approved draft 2 of the data-sharing agreement; the motion passed with four opposing votes. The transcript named Members Hall, Brinton, Green and Boggess (Boggess) in the list of opposing members.
Discussion and clarifications: Board members asked whether the agreement would transfer student SSIDs and how the data would be used; staff and counsel described the agreement as an evaluation measure to allow outside partners to assess program effectiveness. The motion as adopted replaced earlier language and aligned the agreement with kindergarten/first-grade reporting changes discussed in committee.
Implementation notes: The board instructed staff to correct the motion language on the record to reference draft 2 (the version that emerged from committee). No formal vote counts beyond the four recorded opposing votes were read into the transcript.
