Cal. Educ. Code § 10851

For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Data system” means statewide data infrastructure that integrates data from various partner entities and supports the purposes identified in this chapter.

(b) “Director” means the Director of State Planning and Research, or the director’s designee.

(c) “Partner entity” means an organization that can provide information to the data system to advance the purposes identified in this chapter and includes, but is not limited to, state entities responsible for elementary and secondary education data, entities responsible for early learning data, segments of public higher education, private colleges and universities, state entities responsible for student financial aid, childcare providers, state labor and workforce development agencies, and state departments administering health and human services programs.

(d) “Planning facilitator” means an entity with expertise in data governance, privacy, security, quality, reporting, and user-centered design.

(e) “Workgroup” means the California Cradle-to-Career Data System Workgroup established pursuant to Section 10853.