(a) The partner entities shall, and the University of California is requested to, enter into memoranda of understanding for data sharing purposes, as necessary, for the implementation of this chapter.
(b) (1) By the 2020–21 academic year, the Office of the Chancellor of the California State University and the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall, and the University of California is requested to, identify and track currently and newly enrolled students in their respective data systems with the statewide student identifier assigned to pupils in the data system maintained by the department for each student who attended a local educational agency in California in a manner that maximizes efficiencies and limits the need for multiple memoranda of understanding.
(2) To the extent feasible, the Office of the Chancellor of the California State University and the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall, and the University of California is requested to, prospectively identify and track each applicant for admission in their respective data systems with the statewide student identifier assigned to pupils in the data system maintained by the department for each applicant for admission who attended a local educational agency in California in a manner that maximizes efficiencies and limits the need for multiple memoranda of understanding.
(c) For purposes of subdivision (b), the department shall collaborate with the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the Office of the Chancellor of the California State University, and the University of California to ensure the appropriate assignment and match of a statewide student identifier from the data system maintained by the department.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 51, Sec. 14. (SB 75) Effective July 1, 2019.)