MS SB2371

Establishes a State Longitudinal Data System (SLDS) to track education and workforce outcomes for Mississippi residents from birth through employment.

Requires seven state agencies to contribute data to the system: Mississippi Department of Education, State Board for Community and Junior Colleges, Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, State Workforce Investment Board, Mississippi Department of Employment Security, Mississippi Department of Human Services, and State Early Childhood Advisory Council.

Creates an SLDS Governing Board composed of representatives from each participating agency to develop rules, manage the system, and address privacy and security standards for data sharing.

Houses the system on the existing National Strategic Planning and Analysis Research Center (nSPARC) platform at Mississippi State University, with the State Data Center providing application hosting services.

Takes effect July 1, 2013.