ORS 326.561: Standardized method for creation, collection, use, maintenance, disclosure, transfer and access of student data; rules.

(1) The Department of Education shall develop and implement a standardized method to be used by school districts, education service districts and the department to electronically create, collect, use, maintain, disclose, transfer and access student data from multiple platforms.

      (2) The method developed and implemented under this section must:

      (a) Facilitate easy and fast electronic transfers of student records;

      (b) Facilitate the interoperability of electronic health records that are education records and facilitate the ability of school districts and education service districts to effectively maximize Medicaid billing;

      (c) Minimize existing and future reporting burdens for school districts and education service districts by streamlining reporting requirements when possible;

      (d) Minimize the likelihood that a new record will be created for a student when the student transfers to, or is placed in, a different educational setting;

      (e) Ensure that the department has the ability to access student data for research purposes; and

      (f) Establish student data standards to further the purposes described in subsection (1) of this section.

      (3) The method developed and implemented under this section must allow for the collection of at least the following types of student data:

      (a) Student name and state identification number;

      (b) Student demographic information;

      (c) Student statewide assessment data;

      (d) Student course completion data;

      (e) Student education records;

      (f) Student individualized education programs, as defined in ORS 343.035, and student plans, as developed in accordance with section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. 794, and any evaluations, reevaluations, examinations or assessments made to determine eligibility for or to provide an individualized education program or a student plan;

      (g) Student daily attendance data, including data on the uses of removals of students from the classroom setting, abbreviated school days and exclusionary discipline practices; and

      (h) Student medical alerts and other health data necessary for state reporting.

      (4) The department shall provide to school districts and education service districts training on the method developed and implemented under this section in the manner prescribed by the State Board of Education by rule.

      (5) The State Board of Education shall adopt any rules necessary for the administration of this section.