Department of Education information systems: student information systems, data protection policies and review of technology contracts by the Innovation and Technology Service (Ley de Reforma Educativa de Puerto Rico, Art. 2.27)

Ley Núm. 85-2018, Art. 2.27, Oficial Principal de Informática (3 L.P.R.A. § 9802x)

In force since 7 Jul 2026.

A sensitive categories rule binding government bodies.

Obligation class: Security, Governance

What it requires

If you are the Puerto Rico Department of Education, through your Chief Information Officer, administer your digital infrastructure, networks, and student and administrative information systems in conformity with the norms, policies and directives of the Puerto Rico Innovation and Technology Service (PRITS) (Ley 85-2018, Art. 2.27(c)(ii)).
Implement cybersecurity and data protection policies in coordination with PRITS (Ley 85-2018, Art. 2.27(c)(v)).
Do not start, award or implement a project to create, implement, modify, migrate or update a database, system, platform, network, digital infrastructure or technology solution without the prior review and comments of PRITS, and carry it out to the parameters PRITS sets (Ley 85-2018, Art. 2.27(d)(i)).
Do not grant an acquisition, contract, contract amendment, renewal or disbursement for information and communication technologies, including equipment, licenses, managed services, cloud, telecommunications and cybersecurity, without the PRITS review, evaluation and coordination processes of Ley 75-2019 (Ley 85-2018, Art. 2.27(d)(ii)).

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The Department of Education's Chief Information Officer directs its Office of Information Systems and is responsible for the Department's information management under the public policy of Ley 75-2019. The officer administers the Department's digital infrastructure, networks, and student and administrative information systems in conformity with the norms, policies and directives of the Puerto Rico Innovation and Technology Service (PRITS).

In coordination with PRITS, the officer implements cybersecurity and data protection policies, which PRITS develops, implements and oversees in every agency and instrumentality of the Government of Puerto Rico. No project to create, implement, modify, migrate or update the Department's databases, systems, platforms, networks, digital infrastructure or technology solutions may start, be awarded or be implemented without the prior review and comments of PRITS.

No acquisition, contract, contract amendment, renewal or disbursement for information and communication technologies, including equipment, licenses, managed services, cloud, telecommunications and cybersecurity, may be granted without the PRITS review, evaluation and coordination processes of Ley 75-2019. Ley 125-2026 added Article 2.27 to the Act. Ley 125-2026 was approved on July 7, 2026.

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