S.F. No. 11 Summary

• Creates a digital "student achievement backpack" for K-12 students containing a complete electronic learner profile that follows students across schools and is accessible to parents, guardians, and authorized educators.

• Establishes a Minnesota Student Record Center using existing longitudinal education data, cloud-based and co-managed by the Department of Education, to store and provide secure access to student data with parental authorization requirements.

• Requires the commissioner to make basic student data (demographics, course grades, course history, state assessment results) accessible by June 30, 2018, and expanded data (attendance, teacher qualifications, formative assessments, reading proficiency for early grades, lunch program eligibility) accessible by June 30, 2019.

• Mandates school districts implement security measures, develop policies for parent access to student records, provide annual notifications of parental rights, and integrate backpack data into local education agency student information systems by June 30, 2020.

• Ensures authorized school personnel can only access student data relevant to their school and provides parents or guardians the ability to securely view, download, and transmit their child's educational records in electronic or hard copy formats.