Duties of Center; Michigan Community College Data Inventory Database; Advisory Committee.

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Sec. 217.

(1) The center shall do all of the following:

(a) Establish, maintain, and coordinate the state community college database commonly known as the "Michigan Community College Data Inventory".

(b) Collect data concerning community colleges and community college programs in this state, including data required by law.

(c) Establish procedures to ensure the validity and reliability of the data and the collection process.

(d) Develop model data collection policies, including, but not limited to, policies that ensure the privacy of any individual student data. Privacy policies shall ensure that student Social Security numbers are not released to the public for any purpose.

(e) Provide data in a useful manner to allow state policymakers and community college officials to make informed policy decisions.

(f) Compile and publish electronically the demographic enrollment profile.

(g) Compile and publish the community college performance improvement and performance completion rate data to support the performance funding formula metrics specified in section 230(1)(c) and (e).

(2) There is created within the center the Michigan Community College Data Inventory advisory committee. The committee shall provide advice to the director of the center regarding the management of the state community college database, including, but not limited to:

(a) Determining what data are necessary to collect and maintain to enable state and community college officials to make informed policy decisions.

(b) Defining the roles of all stakeholders in the data collection system.

(c) Recommending timelines for the implementation and ongoing collection of data.

(d) Establishing and maintaining data definitions, data transmission protocols, and system specifications and procedures for the efficient and accurate transmission and collection of data.

(e) Establishing and maintaining a process for ensuring the accuracy of the data.

(f) Establishing and maintaining policies related to data collection, including, but not limited to, privacy policies related to individual student data.

(g) Ensuring that the data are made available to state policymakers and citizens of this state in the most useful format possible.

(h) Addressing other matters as determined by the director of the center or as required by law.

(3) The Michigan Community College Data Inventory advisory committee created in subsection (2) shall consist of the following members:

(a) One representative from the house fiscal agency, appointed by the director of the house fiscal agency.

(b) One representative from the senate fiscal agency, appointed by the director of the senate fiscal agency.

(c) One representative from the department of labor and economic opportunity, appointed by the director of the department of labor and economic opportunity.

(d) One representative from the center, appointed by the director of the center.

(e) One representative from the state budget office, appointed by the state budget director.

(f) One representative from the governor's policy office, appointed by that office.

(g) Four representatives of the Michigan Community College Association, appointed by the president of the association, that represent a diverse mix of college sizes.

History: Add. 2011, Act 62, Eff. Oct. 1, 2011 ;-- Am. 2012, Act 201, Eff. Oct. 1, 2012 ;-- Am. 2014, Act 196, Eff. Oct. 1, 2014 ;-- Am. 2015, Act 85, Eff. Oct. 1, 2015 ;-- Am. 2016, Act 249, Eff. Oct. 1, 2016 ;-- Am. 2017, Act 108, Eff. Oct. 1, 2017 ;-- Am. 2018, Act 265, Eff. Oct. 1, 2018 ;-- Am. 2019, Act 52, Eff. Oct. 1, 2019 ;-- Am. 2020, Act 165, Eff. Oct. 1, 2020
Compiler's Notes: For the type III transfer of authority, powers, duties, functions, and responsibilities of the talent investment agency and the workforce development agency to the department of labor and economic opportunity, see E.R.O. No. 2019-3, compiled at MCL 125.1998.


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