HB 221 Summary

• Authorizes the Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education to administer a statewide workforce and education-related statistics program and maintain a database combining information from education and labor sources.

• Requires the commission to remove personally identifiable information (name, social security number, student ID, addresses) before entering data into the database, though birth month and year may be retained.

• Prohibits the commission from providing individual unit records to the federal government while permitting data sharing with state agencies, University of Alaska, and other organizations through cooperative agreements.

• Allows the Department of Labor and Workforce Development to share employment information with other state agencies for the workforce and education statistics program, subject to written agreements that restrict further disclosure.

• Takes effect immediately upon enactment.