Department of Children and Families

This Data Sharing Agreement, identified as SA690, establishes a formal partnership between the Florida Department of Children and Families and the Florida Department of Education to facilitate the secure exchange of categorized data. The primary objective of this agreement is to ensure the Department of Education remains compliant with the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, specifically for use in federally required reporting and the generation of aggregated public data for Florida School Report Cards. Under the terms of the agreement, designated data will be transferred annually via Secure File Transfer Protocol for integration into the PK–20 Education Data Warehouse. Access to this information is strictly limited to authorized reporting and accountability staff and is governed by rigorous confidentiality, security, and non-disclosure protocols. The legal authority for this data exchange is established under section 20.19 of the Florida Statutes to ensure all privacy and security requirements are maintained.