(B)(1) The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, working with the Office of First Steps to School Readiness, the South Carolina Department of Education, the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, the Department of Social Services, the South Carolina Technical College System, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Employment and Workforce, and other state agencies or institutions of higher education, shall develop, implement, and maintain a universal identification system that includes, at a minimum, the following information for measuring the continuous improvement of the state public education system and the college and career readiness and success of its graduates: (a) students graduating from public high schools in the state who enter postsecondary education without the need for remediation; (b) workingaged adults in South Carolina by county who possess a postsecondary degree or industry credential; (c) high school graduates who are gainfully employed in the state within five and ten years of graduating from high school; and (d) outcome data regarding student achievement and student growth that will assist colleges of education in achieving accreditation and in improving the quality of teachers in classrooms. (2) All information disseminated will conform to state and federal privacy laws.” SECTION 3. Article 19, Chapter 18, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding: 59181960. In measuring annual school growth, the “Section state shall use a valueadded system that calculates student progress or growth. A local school district may, in its discretion, use the valueadded system to evaluate classroom teachers using student progress or growth. The estimates of specific teacher effects on the educational progress of students will not be a public record and will be made available only to the specific teacher, principal and superintendent. Furthermore, the estimates of specific teacher effects may also be made to any teacher preparation programs approved by the State Board of Education. The estimates made available to the teacher preparation programs shall not be a public record and shall be used only in evaluation of the respective teacher preparation programs. Furthermore, educator effectiveness data must be exempt from public disclosure pursuant to Section 30430 and may not be subject to the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act. An institution or postsecondary system receiving
(B)(1) The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, working with the Office of First Steps to School Readiness, the South Carolina Department of Education, the South Carolina Commission on Higher Education, the Department of Social Services, the South Carolina Technical College System, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Employment and Workforce, and other state agencies or institutions of higher education, shall develop, implement, and maintain a universal identification system that includes, at a minimum, the following information for measuring the continuous improvement of the state public education system and the college and career readiness and success of its graduates: (a) students graduating from public high schools in the state who enter postsecondary education without the need for remediation; (b) workingaged adults in South Carolina by county who possess a postsecondary degree or industry credential; (c) high school graduates who are gainfully employed in the state within five and ten years of graduating from high school; and (d) outcome data regarding student achievement and student growth that will assist colleges of education in achieving accreditation and in improving the quality of teachers in classrooms. (2) All information disseminated will conform to state and federal privacy laws.” SECTION 3. Article 19, Chapter 18, Title 59 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding: “Section 59181960. In measuring annual school growth, the state shall use a valueadded system that calculates student progress or growth. A local school district may, in its discretion, use the valueadded system to evaluate classroom teachers using student progress or growth. The estimates of specific teacher effects on the educational progress of students will not be a public record and will be made available only to the specific teacher, principal and superintendent. Furthermore, the estimates of specific teacher effects may also be made to any teacher preparation programs approved by the State Board of Education. The estimates made available to the teacher preparation programs shall not be a public record and shall be used only in evaluation of the respective teacher preparation programs. Furthermore, educator effectiveness data must be exempt from public disclosure pursuant to Section 30430 and may not be subject to the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act. An institution or postsecondary system receiving