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State Board approves early childhood data system contract after members raise data-sharing questions
Summary
The Nebraska State Board of Education authorized the commissioner to contract for an early childhood integrated data system (ECIDS), after staff said the system would combine existing data and that data-sharing agreements and safeguards would be developed; the motion passed 6–1.
The Nebraska State Board of Education authorized the commissioner on Oct. 3 to contract for services to build an early childhood integrated data system (ECIDS), a project the department says will link data already collected across agencies to improve early childhood program evaluation.
Board member Lisa Schoenhoff pressed staff for specifics on what the system would include and how data would be shared. Schoenhoff said she reviewed material on LR205 and other states’ ECIDS implementations and raised “red flags” about the scope of data collection and interagency sharing, asking whether the system would collect new data or…
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