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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Assembly Member Bonta</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to add Section 10209.9 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to early learning and care. </ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Early Childhood Integrated Data System.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law places with the State Department of Social Services responsibility for various programs, services, and systems relating to early learning and care, including, among others, various childcare and development programs, the California Child Care Initiative Project, the Child Development Management Information System, and other related data systems, as specified.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would establish the statewide Early Childhood Integrated Data
System under the department to, among other things, link data across programs serving children from birth to 5 years of age. The bill would require the department to establish the Interagency Early Childhood Data Task Force to coordinate efforts on development and implementation of the system, as
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<html:p> The bill would require the task force to annually submit a report to the Legislature on the progress in developing, establishing, and operating the data system. The bill would require the department to collect specified data. The bill would set forth certain conditions on the department relating to the collection, deletion, use, and sharing of the data.</html:p>
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<html:p>The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:</html:p>
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(a)
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California’s early childhood data systems are fragmented across multiple agencies, limiting the state’s ability to identify gaps in access, improve program quality, strategically direct investments, and ensure equitable outcomes for children and families.
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(b)
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According to Child Trends, a leading research organization, integrated early childhood data enable states to use data to increase equitable access to programs, monitor outcomes, and inform policy decisions that close disparities in school readiness and long-term achievement.
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(c)
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Establishing a comprehensive early childhood integrated data system will allow California to do all of the following:
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(1)
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Link data across programs serving children from birth to five years of age.
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(2)
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Provide actionable insights to improve access, quality, and equity.
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(3)
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Support longitudinal analysis by connecting early childhood data to the California Cradle-to-Career Data System.
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(d)
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The new data system will prioritize equity and inclusion by ensuring that data collection and reporting illuminate disparities and inform targeted interventions.
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(e)
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A state-led governance structure, supported by dedicated funding and interagency collaboration, is essential to implement the new data system and protect the privacy and rights of children and families.
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(f)
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By investing in the new data system, California will strengthen its early learning system, improve outcomes for children, and advance the state’s commitment to equity and transparency.
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Section 10209.9 is added to the
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(a)
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The statewide Early Childhood Integrated Data System is hereby established under the State Department of Social Services, and the department shall assume statewide leadership and coordination of the data system. The system shall do all of the following:
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(1)
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Link data across programs serving children from birth to five years of age.
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(2)
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Provide actionable insights to improve access, quality, and equity.
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(3)
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Support longitudinal analysis by connecting early childhood data to the California Cradle-to-Career Data System.
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(b)
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(1)
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The department shall establish the Interagency Early Childhood Data Task Force to coordinate efforts on development and implementation of the system.
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(2)
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The task force shall be composed of a data privacy expert and a representative from all of the following entities:
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(A)
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The California Health and Human Services Agency.
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(B)
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The State Department of Social Services.
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(C)
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The State Department of Education.
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(D)
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The State Department of Developmental Services.
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(E)
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The State Department of Public Health.
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(F)
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The Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
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(G)
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The State Board of Education.
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(H)
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The Office of Cradle-to-Career Data.
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(I)
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First 5 California.
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(3)
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The task force shall provide information and advise the department on early learning and care data by doing all of the following:
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(A)
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Conduct a comprehensive landscape analysis
scan, for which the task force may leverage any applicable published early-learning landscape analysis,
that outlines all of the following:
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(i)
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Existing zero to five years of age data elements across data providers and state entities.
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(ii)
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Existing early childhood workforce data elements across data providers and state entities.
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(iii)
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Existing early childhood program and site data elements across data providers and state entities.
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(iv)
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Data-collection gaps to answer how children are moving through the education pipeline and how best to understand both regional and statewide needs.
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(v)
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Current data-sharing
agreements amongst the state entities represented in the task force.
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(vi)
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Functionality of the data system.
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(vii)
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The need for state funding and full-time equivalent state-funded staff needed to implement the data system.
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(B)
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Guide decisions regarding strategic planning, data-collection procedures, including pertinent data elements to be collected, security policies, and metrics to track progress toward state goals.
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(C)
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Facilitate the sharing of data from early childhood programs across state agencies to do both of the following:
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(i)
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Inform policy related to early childhood programs at the state level.
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(ii)
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Guide improvements to early childhood programs to provide better outcomes for children and families.
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(D)
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Develop and implement a stakeholder engagement plan.
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(E)
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Develop the data system in a manner that allows the state to do all of the following:
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(i)
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Identify gaps in services.
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(ii)
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Identify opportunities to align services and programs.
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(iii)
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Coordinate needs across services and programs.
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(iv)
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Design and monitor equitable reimbursement structures that reflect the true cost of care and
promote quality improvement.
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(v)
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Further implement the Master Plan on Early Learning and Care.
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(4)
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(A)
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The department and task force members shall establish
data-sharing agreements that capture shared intent to collaborate and develop the data system.
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(B)
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The task force members shall share their respective early childhood data described in this section with the department.
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(C)
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The task force members shall meet at least quarterly until the data system is implemented. The task force members shall continue to share data pursuant to this section even after the data system is implemented.
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(5)
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(A)
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The task force shall annually submit a report to the Legislature on the progress in developing, establishing, and operating the data system.
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(B)
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A report to be submitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
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(c)
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(1)
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The department shall collect data, which shall include data on children’s state and federal programs, such as the type of education program, health, food, teacher credentialing, income, address, age, learning milestones, hours in care, language use and access, and any other data elements determined to be pertinent by the task force pursuant to subdivision (b).
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(2)
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(A)
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The department shall retain collected data only as long as reasonably necessary to fulfill the specific purpose for which the data were collected. The department shall delete the data using reasonable measures to protect against unauthorized access to, or use or disclosure of, the data when the specific purpose for which the data were collected is accomplished.
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(B)
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The department shall only collect the data necessary to accomplish the purpose. The department shall not collect data that significantly differ from the data specified and authorized in this section without prior authorization from the Legislature.
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(C)
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The department shall not use the data for any purpose other than the purpose for which they were collected. The department shall not sell the data. The department shall not share
the data beyond the purpose for which they were collected.
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(3)
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The department shall enforce data privacy and protection policies with all participating entities.
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