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A bill to provide for statewide longitudinal data systems to improve elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes

Senate Bill Number: 
S. 2014
Date of Introduction: 
August 3, 2007
Sponsor(s): 
Brown (D-OH)
Senate Co-Sponsors: 
Clinton (D-NY), Sanders (D-VT)
Summary: 

This legislation would provide $100 million in competitive grants for states for the development and implementation of statewide longitudinal data systems that include all ten essential elements recommended by the Data Quality Campaign and $100 million in formula grants to states for alignment, professional development, and other efforts to improve the use of data.  The legislation also authorizes funding to support a state education data center and state educational data coordinators to improve data collection, reporting, and compliance processes.

This legislation would provide $100 million in competitive grants for states for the development and implementation of statewide longitudinal data systems that include all ten essential elements recommended by the Data Quality Campaign and $100 million in formula grants to states for alignment, professional development, and other efforts to improve the use of data.  The legislation also authorizes funding to support a state education data center and state educational data coordinators to improve data collection, reporting, and compliance processes.

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