RELATING TO DEPARTMENTAL DATA SHARING.

HB1172

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

1172

THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2025

STATE OF HAWAII

A BILL FOR AN ACT

RELATING
TO DEPARTMENTAL DATA SHARING
.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

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SECTION 1.
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The legislature
finds that the statewide longitudinal data system stores and analyzes career
and technical education data it receives from all state educational systems and
workforce training agencies to support research and evaluation that will
improve outcomes throughout the early education to workforce pipeline.
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The legislature finds that while other state
agencies are included to provide data as appropriate, the determination of
whether or not data from another department is appropriate is left to the
department of education, the executive office on early learning, the university
of Hawaii, the department of labor and industrial relations, and the department
of human services.

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The legislature further finds that data
currently collected by state educational systems and workforce training
agencies does not include information from certain segments of Hawaii
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s
workforce, such as those who are self-employed.
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This leaves the current workforce data incomplete.
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Gathering data from tax filings of those who
are self-employed will provide a more accurate analysis of Hawaii
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s
workforce.

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The purpose of this Act is to include the department
of taxation in the departmental data sharing to allow for a more accurate
analysis of Hawaii
ꞌ
s workforce.

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SECTION 2.
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Section 27-7, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

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�27-7
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Departmental data sharing
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(a)

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The department of education, the
executive office on early learning, the [
University
]
university

of Hawaii, the department of labor and industrial relations, the department of
human services,
the department of taxation,
and other state agencies, as
appropriate, shall share data through the statewide longitudinal data system to
support research and evaluation that will improve outcomes throughout the early
education to workforce pipeline.
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The
data to be shared shall be determined jointly by the department of education,
the executive office on early learning, the [
University
]
university

of Hawaii, the department of labor and industrial relations, the department of
human services,
the department of taxation,
and other state agencies, as
appropriate, and shall be shared no less than annually[
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]
,

provided
that any data provided by the department of taxation shall also be aggregated
or anonymized.

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(b)
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The
department of education, the executive office on early learning, the [
University
]

university
of Hawaii, the department of labor and industrial relations,
the department of human services,
the department of taxation,
and other
state agencies, as appropriate, shall share data in a manner that safeguards
the confidentiality of student education records, as defined by the federal
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, and workforce data, as provided by
applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations.

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(c)
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The
statewide longitudinal data system shall store and analyze career and technical
education data it receives from all state educational systems and workforce
training agencies pursuant to section 304A-304 to analyze the cross-agency
longitudinal education and workforce outcomes of students who attempted an
educational course, training program, career program, postsecondary program, or
other state-supported workforce training program.
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Data to be shared shall be determined jointly
by the relevant agencies and shall be shared no less than annually.

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(d)
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All
data shared by or with the department of human services,
department of
taxation,
department of education, public charter school authorizers,
public charter schools, executive office on early learning, and other entities
as required by statute shall be subject to any
state or federal laws and any

administrative rule regarding privacy adopted by the department or agency that
collected the data.

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(e)
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The
department of education, the executive office on early learning, the [
University
]

university
of Hawaii, the department of labor and industrial relations,
the department of human services,
the department of taxation,
and other
state agencies, as appropriate, shall partner to collectively govern the
statewide longitudinal data system and determine protocols to:

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(1)
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Prioritize
analyses and research questions that will provide information to improve
educational and workforce outcomes and policies; and

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(2)
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Approve
requests for access to data provided by the department of education, the
executive office on early learning, the [
University
]
university

of Hawaii, the department of labor and industrial relations, the department of
human services,
the department of taxation,
and other state agencies, as
appropriate.

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(f)
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All
state agency directors shall consider sharing data for the statewide
longitudinal data system.
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SECTION 3.
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Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.
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New statutory material is underscored.

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SECTION 4.
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This Act shall take effect upon its approval
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INTRODUCED BY:

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BY REQUEST

Report Title:

DoTax;
Data Sharing; Statewide Longitudinal Data Sharing

Description:

Adds the
Department of Taxation to the list of state agencies sharing data through the
statewide longitudinal data system. Allows the Department of Taxation to
provide the University of Hawaii and other state agencies certain wage data.

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