Law / United States / 
Hawaii
Statewide longitudinal data system: confidentiality of student education records
In force since .
A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.
- Obligation class
- Governance, Security
- Audit expectation
- none
What it requires
- If you are the department of education, the executive office on early learning, the University of Hawaii, the department of labor and industrial relations, the department of human services, the department of taxation, the department of business, economic development, and tourism, or another state agency sharing data through the statewide longitudinal data system, 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 (section 27-7(b)).
- Treat data shared by or with your agency, a public charter school or a public charter school authorizer through the system as subject to any state or federal law and any administrative rule regarding privacy adopted by the department or agency that collected the data (section 27-7(d)).
- If you are the department of education, the executive office on early learning, the University of Hawaii, the department of labor and industrial relations, the department of human services, the department of taxation, the department of business, economic development, and tourism, or another state agency sharing data through the statewide longitudinal data system, partner with the other listed agencies to collectively govern the system and determine protocols to approve requests for access to the data each of you provides (section 27-7(e)).
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What record it asks for
Logging duty
Section 27-7(b) requires agencies sharing data through the statewide longitudinal data system to safeguard the confidentiality of student education records. It names no log, no record the agencies keep and no reader of a record.
- Kind
- None
- As of
What this law does
Section 27-7(b) requires the department of education, the University of Hawaii and the other listed state agencies to share data through the statewide longitudinal data system 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.
Section 27-7(d) makes data shared by or with the department of education, public charter schools and the other listed entities subject to any state or federal laws and any administrative rule regarding privacy adopted by the department or agency that collected the data. Section 27-7(a) requires any data the department of business, economic development, and tourism or the department of taxation provides through the statewide longitudinal data system to be aggregated or anonymized.
Section 27-7(e) requires the department of education, the University of Hawaii and the other listed state agencies to partner to collectively govern the statewide longitudinal data system and determine protocols to approve requests for access to the data they provide. Act 41 of 2010 enacted the duty to share data in a manner that safeguards the confidentiality of student education records. Act 41 of 2010 took effect on its approval on .
Act 221 of 2025 included the department of taxation in the departmental data sharing through the statewide longitudinal data system. Act 221 of 2025 took effect on .
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