(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Center" means the Utah Data Research Center created in Section 53H-15-202.
(b) "Unique student identifier" means the same as that term is defined in Section 53E-4-308.
(2) The board and State Board of Education, in collaboration with the center, shall:
(a) coordinate public education and higher education information technology systems to allow individual student academic achievement to be tracked through both education systems in accordance with this section and Section 53E-4-308; and
(b) coordinate access to the unique student identifier of a public education student who later attends an institution of higher education.
(3) Information technology systems used at an institution of higher education shall use the unique student identifier of all students who have previously been assigned a unique student identifier.