Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 117, GENERAL PROVISIONS, page 588, after line 17, by adding an appropriately numbered new proviso to read:
/117. (GP: Employment Training Outcome Data Sharing) The Department of Employment and Workforce (DEW), in developing the Workforce and Labor Market Information System (WLMIS) improvements required of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) (P.L. 113-128), will require integration of training and employment data for the purposes of improving longitudinal assessment of employment outcomes for the various training providers eligible to receive funding appropriated or authorized by this Act.
(A) As the entity with authority for the oversight and maintenance for the WLMIS, DEW shall establish a governance policy for the management, development, security, partner collaboration, and sharing responsibilities no later than July 1, 2015, security, partner collaboration, and sharing responsibilities no later than July 1, 2015.
(B) No later than July 22, 2015, DEW must develop a model data-sharing agreement with eligible training providers (ETPs). As specified by the WIOA Act, this agreement will require ETPs to submit data related to the types of training programs offered, individual student coursework and outcomes, program completion and time to complete, program costs, and tuition assistance. It will further require reporting of personally identifiable information (PII) to match training and employment data to determine placement in companies and jobs by the North American Industry Classification (NAIC) System and Standard Occupation Classification (SOC) System and other information necessary for DEW to accurately and completely assess the effectiveness and return on investment of all training programs offered by the entity.
(C) No later than January 1, 2016, DEW must develop a model data-sharing agreement with the South Carolina Department of Education, the Center for Educator Recruitment, Retention and Advancement, and the Education Oversight Committee, the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department, and the Commission on Higher Education to capture and match data as enumerated in item (B) of this section. This agreement will ensure collaborative sharing of matched data with each partner agency for the purpose of program assessment and effectiveness in compliance with state and federal laws.
(D) DEW and the South Carolina Student Loan Corporation shall, by January 1, 2016, enter into a data-sharing agreement to determine the average debt load carried by individuals who participate in training programs with eligible training providers. This agreement will ensure collaborative sharing of matched data for the purpose of program assessment and effectiveness in compliance with state and federal laws.
(E) No later than July 1, 2016, DEW must develop a model data-sharing agreement with the South Carolina Department of Social Services to capture data related to new hire status and social service data and with the South Carolina Department of Labor, Licensing, and Regulation to capture licensing and licensing-related data. This agreement will ensure collaborative sharing of matched data for the purpose of program assessment and effectiveness in compliance with state and federal laws. /
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