1. (a) The council is established to govern the system.

2. (b) The appointing authorities shall coordinate their appointments to assure the council membership is inclusive and reflects the racial, gender, geographic, urban, rural, and economic diversity of the state. The membership of the council shall consist of all of the following:

   1. (1) The Governor, or his or her designee, who shall serve as chair of the council.
   2. (2) Each partner entity head, or designee, who has signed a memorandum of understanding to share data with the system.
   3. (3) The Chair of the House Ways and Means Education Committee.
   4. (4) The Chair of the Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committee.
   5. (5) The Chair of the Alabama Workforce Council.
   6. (6) Up to four members of the public, who are experienced in education and workforce data and statistics, who shall be appointed by the Governor and serve at the pleasure of the Governor.

3. (c) The council shall perform all of the following duties:

   1. (1) Develop a strategic plan.
   2. (2) Oversee the development, adoption, and implementation of rules to govern the proceedings of the council, the office, and the system.
   3. (3) Oversee compliance regarding the protection of data shared with the system.
   4. (4) Develop a data governance and security plan for the system regarding the use, privacy, and security of data and publish the plan on the system website.
   5. (5) Establish the research agenda for the system.
   6. (6) Establish a process for proposing and approving requests for reports using data matched in the system.
   7. (7) Establish policies for sharing aggregated data or reports with the public and external entities.
   8. (8) Develop strategies for promoting the transparent operation of the system.
   9. (9) Form standing and ad hoc committees and working groups from among its own membership to accomplish its duties.
   10. (10) Prepare and provide an annual report to the Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Speaker of the House of Representatives; President Pro Tempore of the Senate; Chairs of the House Education Policy, Senate Education Policy, House Ways and Means Education, and Senate Finance and Taxation Education Committees; and the State Board of Education.

(Act 2023-365, §2.)