1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to early childhood education; requiring a unique identification number 
1.3 	to be assigned to all Minnesota children at the time of birth;proposing coding 
1.4 	for new law in Minnesota Statutes, chapter 119A.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [119A.06] EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION; STUDENT 
1.7 	IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS.
1.8 		Subdivision 1.Student identification number; assignment. A student 
1.9 	identification number, as defined by the commissioner, shall be assigned to each child 
1.10 	within ten days after a record of birth has been filed. The commissioners of education 
1.11 	and health shall work together in order to assign these identification numbers within 
1.12 	the specified time.
1.13 		Subd. 2.Opt out. A parent or guardian shall receive information about the 
1.14 	assignment of student identification numbers and the possible uses of the numbers prior to 
1.15 	the assignment of a number to a child. A parent or guardian may choose to opt out of the 
1.16 	assignment of a student identification number to their child.
1.17 		Subd. 3.Data collection. Early childhood education and child care programs must 
1.18 	request from parents each child's identification number at the time of the child's enrollment 
1.19 	in the program. The commissioner shall collect from early childhood education and 
1.20 	child care programs data including, but not limited to, demographic, socioeconomic, 
1.21 	participation, and assessment information related to program participants.
1.22 		Subd. 4.Data use. Data on individuals collected at the time of birth, through an 
1.23 	early childhood education assessment or screening, and the student identification numbers 
1.24 	assigned to individuals are private, as defined by section 13.02, subdivision 12, except 
2.1 	that the commissioner may share student identification numbers of children enrolled in 
2.2 	early childhood education and child care programs if the program requests the numbers of 
2.3 	its enrollees from the commissioner. Early childhood education and child care programs 
2.4 	must treat the student identification numbers in the same manner as government entities 
2.5 	are required to under chapter 13. Individual and summary data must be reported to the 
2.6 	commissioner of education by the commissioner of health once a record of birth has 
2.7 	been filed and by any early childhood education or child care program serving children 
2.8 	from birth to kindergarten enrollment for the purposes of developing early childhood 
2.9 	educational programs to meet the individual needs of children and assessing program 
2.10 	quality. Private early childhood education and child care programs must provide individual 
2.11 	and summary data to the commissioner upon request. The commissioner of health and any 
2.12 	early childhood education or child care program required to collect data under this section 
2.13 	may share the data with the commissioner of education for the purposes described in this 
2.14 	subdivision. No data on an individual shall be disclosed to the commissioner without the 
2.15 	consent of that individual's parent or guardian.

2.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective August 1, 2010.