SB 391 authorizes the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to implement a data request fee policy to recover the costs for significant data compilation, extraction, or programming use of the data system related to researchers applying for access to individually identifiable data, student data, or both. Any fee policy must be approved by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, comply with state and federal privacy laws, and be posted publicly on the Chancellor’s website. The policy must also be reviewed and updated periodically.
SB 391 exempts the following from data request fees: individual students seeking data for their studies, community college faculty members seeking data for their research, and state agencies, except for fees related to the release of data for research purposes to the University of California, the California State University, or the State Department of Education.
(SB 391 adds Section 71094.5 to the Education Code.)