Committee advances bill on higher-education data sharing, inmate access to postsecondary programs

Senate Bill 1250, carried under substitute language LCO 5544, was put before the committee with discussion focused on data collection for the state’s P-20 longitudinal education system and a change to how accounts receivable are treated to expand eligibility for incarcerated individuals to participate in postsecondary programs.

Senators and representatives discussed the purpose of the P-20 (sometimes referenced as “CP20 win”) system: a longitudinal data collection platform intended to follow student-related outcomes from early education through postsecondary workforce outcomes. The sponsor explained the bill “tightens up the way that we deal with data collection” and assigns responsibility for the system to the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) in the substitute language. Members asked about privacy safeguards; the sponsor said identity data are handled so individual privacy is protected and that the change clarifies agency roles.

The substitute language also removed provisions requiring constituent units to post personal service information on Core-CT and other transparency portals; those sections will be moved to a different bill to avoid duplication.

Committee leadership called a roll-call vote on SB 1250 (LC 5544) to JFS to the floor. The clerk read a roll call and the chair said votes would be held open until 5:30 p.m. for final tallying and any remote members. The committee advanced the bill to the floor; the transcript shows the roll call was initiated and votes were held open at the end of the meeting for completion.