[0:00] Beautiful crisp

[0:02] late or early early summer day with what

[0:05] was like 60° outside. I'm not really

[0:08] sure what's happening. Anyhow, um so the

[0:12] previous meeting was December 19th of

[0:14] 2025. As for some of you who who's uh uh

[0:18] this is the first attendance to these

[0:20] meetings, we hold these meetings twice a

[0:21] year. uh once uh the second quarter of

[0:26] the year and then the second time is the

[0:28] fourth quarter of the year. Um so the

[0:30] last time we had this meeting was

[0:31] December. The next time we'll be having

[0:33] this meeting again will be December of

[0:35] 2026. So the minutes from the last

[0:38] minute from the last meeting were

[0:40] communicated. Um are there any

[0:42] questions, comments or concerns about

[0:44] those minutes um that we should be

[0:48] brought up today? Hey Mark, how are you?

[0:52] Good. How are you doing?

[0:53] » We're good. We just re uh just barely

[0:55] got started. So, yeah, I didn't miss

[0:57] much. So,

[0:59] » Okay. Seeing no uh questions, comments,

[1:01] or concerns on those, we'll move forward

[1:04] with um administrative updates. So to

[1:07] provide start with the SLDS grants um

[1:11] just a reminder that the operational

[1:13] considerations for the bridge grant uh

[1:16] is that it was moved from October of

[1:19] 2023 through September of 2027. That's

[1:22] the full duration of the grant period of

[1:25] time of performance and progress on that

[1:27] is that we there was uh some federal

[1:30] budget impacts um at the um federal

[1:35] education level. Um and so therefore

[1:38] we're behind uh on progress on that. We

[1:41] went from a team of 10 plus to just two

[1:44] individuals. Uh and unfortunately one of

[1:47] the individuals who one of those two

[1:49] individuals who was assisting us on the

[1:52] uh master person index algorithm

[1:54] component um had to leave the project.

[1:58] Um the third party vendor that we

[2:01] utilized to assist us in building out

[2:04] bridge was bought out by another third

[2:06] party vendor and unfortunately their

[2:08] contract conflicted with the new uh

[2:11] employee rules and regulations of the

[2:13] third party vendor. And so they had to

[2:16] leave the project and leave the company.

[2:18] So we were able to get a new resource

[2:21] through Burwood. Uh but unfortunately

[2:23] that resource uh had to obviously be

[2:25] onboarded to the project and on boarded

[2:27] into this very specific component of the

[2:30] project. Um so that took time and effort

[2:33] um and obviously uh development time as

[2:36] well. So as of June the delay in the

[2:39] progress is not an emergency. However,

[2:41] it is significant and material and we'll

[2:45] need to obviously um significantly hurry

[2:48] in the next months to um catch up and

[2:51] ailerate that uh deficit. So, uh but uh

[2:56] again, not an emergency at this time.

[2:58] So, and Jay will provide further update

[3:01] uh in his technology update on where

[3:02] we're at with Bridge um in the future.

[3:05] So,

[3:07] so that's where we're at with the

[3:09] development work for the bridge

[3:12] transactional system. Um, I'll provide

[3:15] now an update on the legal framework

[3:18] which is what is going to allow us to

[3:21] execute the operational goals of bridge

[3:25] um legally. So because of SP 195

[3:28] obviously the impact there was that we

[3:31] are allowed to undertake the operational

[3:33] activities that we defined under the

[3:35] bridge project. Um so generally speaking

[3:38] this will allow us to onboard

[3:40] participating state agencies. Um as

[3:43] we've previously stated bridge is is a

[3:46] voluntary

[3:47] um data system that we are going to be

[3:50] creating and building. Um it is not like

[3:53] the UDRC legacy system uh where the data

[3:55] partners are defined by code. Um bridge

[3:59] is is voluntary. So um we are in the

[4:03] process of rulem. Um so per 19 SP95 we

[4:08] had to create rulem uh rules or or

[4:10] verbiage or define the verbiage of the

[4:12] rulem uh for the SP 195 uh specifically

[4:17] uh related to the legal framework that

[4:20] we were going to create an institute for

[4:23] bridge. So the update there is that the

[4:25] draft administrative rules um that's

[4:28] completed uh we sent it out to our data

[4:32] partners for uh review. So that was uh

[4:36] all of you here um and we gave uh this

[4:39] group until July 15th to provide

[4:42] feedback um if uh if any. Um so we are

[4:47] we're waiting for that time to elapse.

[4:50] Um and then we will finalize the verbage

[4:53] by August 1st. Uh and then we will be

[4:56] seeking approval by the Yushi board on

[4:59] the September 2026

[5:02] uh board of higher education um board

[5:05] meeting. So after that um hopefully

[5:08] obviously it passes uh and they approve

[5:10] of it and then we will we will publish

[5:13] um the rule um as completed um at that

[5:17] point in time. So

[5:20] any questions, comments or concerns

[5:22] about that rule making process,

[5:24] the verbiage.

[5:30] Okay,

[5:35] moving along the administrative updates.

[5:37] Um I do have some really good news um

[5:40] about new forthcoming data to the UDRC

[5:43] legacy system. Um so and I the the

[5:48] latest news most up up to date on the

[5:50] home visiting program um here is that we

[5:53] actually did receive that today. Um so

[5:56] it's been signed and it's all completed.

[5:58] Uh so we'll be moving forward with

[6:00] coordinating with the department of

[6:01] health and human services in receiving

[6:02] that data uh in the coming weeks. Um so

[6:06] the home visiting program is a program

[6:08] that is supported by the department of

[6:10] health and human services. Um, Dakota,

[6:12] do you want maybe I I I've kind of

[6:14] provided here the a boilerplate

[6:16] definition of home visiting program, but

[6:18] maybe you probably do a more justice in

[6:21] in providing a a a definition for what

[6:23] the home visiting program is.

[6:25] » Yeah, sure thing. Um, so there home

[6:28] visiting is a very general term. So, the

[6:29] home visiting program that's specific to

[6:31] the office of early childhood over at

[6:32] DHS is the MCV funded um home visiting,

[6:35] which is the maternal infant early

[6:37] childhood home visiting grant uh through

[6:39] the feds under HERSA. Um and we are in

[6:42] almost every county in the state. We're

[6:44] missing just a couple. Um but those

[6:46] consist of the parents' teachers

[6:48] program, uh the family spirit program,

[6:50] the nurse family partnership program,

[6:52] and soon to be MESH maternal early

[6:54] childhood sustained home visiting, which

[6:56] is another nurse-based home visiting

[6:57] model. Um all of the models are focused

[6:59] on uh providing home visiting services

[7:01] to parents uh with children uh either

[7:04] prenatal or age 0 to 5 uh to support

[7:06] them on their parenting journey and make

[7:08] sure those kids are as ready for uh

[7:10] kindergarten and school and future

[7:12] school success as possible. Um and they

[7:14] do a lot of different screening work, a

[7:16] lots of connecting with different

[7:17] resources, but at the end of the day, um

[7:18] it is about supporting those parents to

[7:20] become uh the best parents they can

[7:22] possibly be for their children.

[7:25] » Great. Yeah. So, we're really excited.

[7:27] Um, so some of you may be aware that

[7:30] Department of Health and Human Services

[7:32] manages the EKID system or early

[7:33] education system. Um, this is this is

[7:37] part of a collaboration between us and

[7:40] Ekids in receiving more and more of the

[7:42] same data that they receive. Um, and

[7:45] Ekkids focuses on analytics, on

[7:48] reporting, and UDRC obviously focuses on

[7:51] research. Um, and so it's sort of

[7:53] synergistic the work that we're doing.

[7:55] uh whereas they're focused more on

[7:57] operations uh questions that the

[7:59] operations might have. We focus more on

[8:02] research uh policy questions that um the

[8:06] sort of early education world may have.

[8:09] So uh looking forward to obviously

[8:11] receiving that data in the in the coming

[8:13] weeks um and integrating into our system

[8:16] and obviously making it available for

[8:18] our own researchers as well as external

[8:20] researchers for for to conduct research

[8:22] in that realm. So

[8:25] moving along uh to other data sets that

[8:29] we will be receiving uh we are also in

[8:32] coordination with the department of

[8:32] health and human services in receiving

[8:34] the all pairs claims database. We're

[8:36] very very excited about this data set.

[8:39] It contains a data from health insurance

[8:42] carriers including Medicaid and third

[8:45] party administrators here in the state

[8:46] of Utah. Um this these data are very

[8:51] holistic uh and include anything

[8:53] everything from diagnosis and treatments

[8:56] to cost of care, location of care and so

[8:58] on. If I remember correctly, the table

[9:00] is 1,500 variables wide. Um so it's

[9:04] incredibly detailed as to the amount of

[9:07] information that is included uh in in

[9:10] there. Um where where are we with this

[9:13] one is that we are we have drafted an

[9:16] addendum to the masterou for department

[9:18] of health and human services and they're

[9:20] in the process right now of reviewing

[9:22] that and um hopefully signing it and

[9:25] then sending it back to us for

[9:26] signatures. So at that point in time. So

[9:30] um then the the last um data set that we

[9:35] are

[9:36] additionally coordinating with the HHS

[9:39] to receive is the hospital facilities

[9:40] database. Uh so this is similar to the

[9:43] all pairs claims database but from the

[9:45] hospital side of things. Um so it has um

[9:48] records for all licensed hospitals,

[9:50] emergency rooms and ambulatory surgery

[9:53] centers in Utah. Uh inatient records

[9:55] date from 1992 and other encounters from

[9:58] 1996.

[9:59] Um they represent all hospitalizations,

[10:02] emergency department visits and

[10:04] ambulatory surgeries and diagnosis

[10:06] procedures performed in Utah regardless

[10:08] of pair. Um so again similarly we are we

[10:13] have communicated to department health

[10:15] and human services an addendum to the

[10:16] master NYU they're reviewing um

[10:19] hopefully signing and then sending back

[10:21] to us for signatures. So super excited

[10:25] about receiving all of this new data

[10:27] here at the UDRC. the old pairs claims

[10:30] database will be a huge game changer for

[10:33] the for the sort of research questions

[10:36] we might be able to answer and a and ask

[10:39] as well. Um so an example might be we

[10:43] have ASQ data from uh from DHS as well.

[10:48] Uh we see a child receiving a screening.

[10:52] uh we might be able to see also that

[10:54] they subsequently received diagnosis um

[10:58] and then we will be able to uh link that

[11:01] into their K through2 uh performance and

[11:05] and be able to you know answer questions

[11:07] and ask questions that we had never been

[11:10] able to before in the past. So really

[11:13] excited about that. So any questions,

[11:16] comments or concerns about those data

[11:18] sets that are coming to the UDRC here in

[11:20] hopefully in uh in the next month or

[11:23] two. So

[11:26] okay,

[11:29] in addition to provide an update on some

[11:31] data that we're pursuing. So this is not

[11:34] a guarantee that these are we just

[11:36] wanted to communicate to this group

[11:37] about data that we are looking to um to

[11:42] receive uh and we're we're coordinating

[11:45] with the Department of Health and Human

[11:46] Services on this one as well. Um so

[11:48] we're we're looking to receive Head

[11:50] Start data. Again, this is part of

[11:53] receiving more of the same data that

[11:55] EKIDS receives um to support their their

[11:59] efforts and and also ours. Um so Grace

[12:03] uh Dakota uh has been really

[12:07] instrumental in connecting us with the

[12:09] Head Start um associations. Um and we've

[12:14] just at the very very beginning stages

[12:16] of this whole process of reaching out to

[12:19] them and asking if um we'd be a we'd be

[12:22] able to present to them um our our value

[12:25] proposition for receiving data into the

[12:27] into the UDRC system. Uh so this is very

[12:30] very early stages. They could just they

[12:31] could they could ultimately say no we're

[12:33] not interested and that would be

[12:34] perfectly fine but wanted to provide an

[12:36] update to this group that we are

[12:38] pursuing that data as well. So

[12:44] okay those are all the administrative

[12:46] updates I had. Um I'm going to pass it

[12:49] over to Jay now for the technology

[12:50] update.

[12:52] » Okay.

[12:55] » Hello everyone. Uh my update starts with

[12:58] uh UDRC legacy system uh which is the

[13:03] backbone of UDRC

[13:05] uh bridge. Uh so currently my team and I

[13:08] are maintaining and supporting the

[13:11] existing operational and research needs

[13:13] for legacy and any upgrades to the cloud

[13:17] architecture or any components within

[13:20] legacy system are being uh provided as

[13:23] and when needed. uh but uh with this I

[13:26] also wanted to provide an update on the

[13:28] legacy MPI. So the legacy MPI is uh

[13:32] something that we've worked on or

[13:34] created for the needs of legacy research

[13:39] uh purposes. uh it continues to support

[13:43] uh the existing matching process for

[13:45] legacy MPI but uh the data is

[13:49] deidentified in the legacy MPI and it

[13:53] but it is not designed for a high

[13:55] cadence transactional data transfer

[13:58] system. So we have had to re-engineer

[14:01] the MPI process for bridge which will be

[14:05] able to support a more uh faster

[14:08] matching for transactional data system,

[14:10] faster validation, quicker movement of

[14:13] data between projects of uh Google cloud

[14:17] platform and we will also be able to

[14:21] support for edge case individual

[14:23] matching in case of uh bridge uh data

[14:27] request. So we are trying to create a

[14:31] much faster system a transactional data

[14:34] system for bridge. But legacy MPI is

[14:37] going to provide us the foundational

[14:40] golden record data set which is going to

[14:43] be the authoritative uh person record

[14:46] and remains a critical foundation for

[14:50] identity resolution and person level

[14:52] data matching for bridge. So with this

[14:56] these are all the updates for UDRC uh

[14:59] legacy system. Uh Jeremia if we can go

[15:02] to the next slide. Uh now I will

[15:05] continue on the UDRC bridge updates. Uh

[15:09] UDRC bridge has several uh layers of

[15:12] development ongoing. Uh the first one is

[15:15] the foundation for all bridge operation

[15:18] which is the GCP environment. Uh over

[15:23] the last few months we have completed

[15:25] most of the deployments of uh design

[15:29] development and testing of the GCP

[15:32] environment for bridge and most of the

[15:35] core environment architecture including

[15:38] the application services uh networking

[15:42] uh identity access management and

[15:45] integration of the different layers

[15:48] within the GCP environments have been

[15:50] completed.

[15:51] uh I think overall we are tracking at

[15:53] around 79% completion according to our

[15:56] project forge document uh for the GCP

[16:00] environment uh of bridge and currently

[16:03] we have

[16:05] certain items open still uh in terms of

[16:08] GCP environment which includes the

[16:11] documentation of the final environment

[16:14] uh variables uh a final security

[16:17] completion and a close out UAT before uh

[16:21] it's ready for production from GCP

[16:24] environment. I will move on to the data

[16:26] services which is the backbone of all

[16:29] data ingestion, storage and data flows

[16:32] within into bridge and out of bridge

[16:34] system. Uh most of the data services uh

[16:38] have been completed uh when uh Borwood

[16:42] was completely on boarded with UDRC. Uh

[16:45] so we are tracking at around 85%

[16:47] completion with the project forge for

[16:50] data services and uh with the core

[16:53] design and development complete we are

[16:55] just awaiting uh some of the integration

[16:59] with the other layers of uh bridge

[17:01] applications. So uh some security

[17:04] implementation documentation and

[17:06] testings are remain open for the data

[17:09] services in terms of uh bridge

[17:11] development. Uh if you can go to the

[17:14] next slide Jerma uh this is the MPI

[17:18] services where most of the ma which has

[17:20] been a major area of focus for us over

[17:23] the last few months. Uh so we are

[17:26] designing and developing bridge as a

[17:29] request servicing workflow. So first

[17:32] when an identifying individual uh when a

[17:36] request comes into bridge uh we will be

[17:39] identifying whether that person exists

[17:41] in the golden record and if that person

[17:44] exists in the golden record then we will

[17:46] be validating the source data set from

[17:49] where uh the information has been

[17:51] retrieved into the golden record. If the

[17:54] source data set and the data partner are

[17:57] participating in bridge only then the

[17:59] request will be serviced for the end

[18:01] users otherwise they will be displayed a

[18:04] message that this data cannot be

[18:06] displayed currently as the partner data

[18:08] is not participating with bridge right

[18:10] now. So this is a overarching design for

[18:14] bridge which we are following in terms

[18:16] of uh supplying the data set for anyone

[18:19] who is who is requesting the data set.

[18:21] So with this in mind we have completed

[18:24] the core batch foundation work for uh

[18:28] the algorithm uh the CI/CD setup to test

[18:32] and implement the code as we are

[18:34] iteratively

[18:35] uh processing the data for all of the

[18:38] from all of the data partners and some

[18:41] of the pre-processing and bigquery setup

[18:43] has been completed. Uh major work uh

[18:47] also is going on with the linkage of

[18:49] individuals. So let's say an individual

[18:52] is coming with uh first name, last name

[18:55] and social security number from one data

[18:58] partner and slightly different uh

[19:01] information from another data partner.

[19:03] So we are trying to create uh we are

[19:06] trying to match these individuals or

[19:08] these edge cases so that our

[19:10] probabilistic and deterministic matching

[19:12] pipelines are are able to uh provide the

[19:17] provide the result set in a much faster

[19:20] process and uh with a much more much

[19:23] better confidence interval so that uh

[19:26] the data that we are supplying is the

[19:29] data that the user needs and with this

[19:32] we are also

[19:34] designing and developing a golden

[19:36] record. So golden record is going to be

[19:39] the spine of the bridge data system and

[19:42] also going to be uh supporting the

[19:45] legacy system in a deident for

[19:47] deidentified research data sets. uh

[19:50] while the bridge system will have a PII

[19:54] bearing information so that anyone

[19:56] requesting uh any information can be

[19:59] quickly matched against that and be able

[20:02] to request that service so that the user

[20:04] can receive their results.

[20:07] So uh that's all the updates for MBI

[20:10] services uh with the API and the AMS

[20:13] services which are interlin uh the API

[20:17] development is currently going on. We

[20:19] are currently going through the design

[20:22] uh phase and configuration of the API

[20:24] platform so that the API keys can be

[20:27] provided to the uh end users and we can

[20:30] set a revocation time or automatic

[20:33] revocation if uh the time has passed uh

[20:36] for which the end user was validated to

[20:40] to be receiving the data set for and

[20:43] with the AMS which is the security and

[20:45] governance layer to enable role based

[20:48] access for for data uh data

[20:51] administrators and also for data

[20:53] partners. Most of the development has

[20:56] completed uh some of the uh core uh

[21:00] administ core AMS services are already

[21:03] have already been through design

[21:05] development and testing. uh but uh there

[21:08] are some back-end functionality uh which

[21:11] are already running in UAT but we will

[21:14] still review them as the API services

[21:17] are developed and they are integrated

[21:20] into a one core component of the bridge

[21:22] system.

[21:24] Uh next slide please Jeremas.

[21:29] Uh so the last update for bridge is the

[21:32] UIUX which is the front end for uh

[21:35] bridge application. So that includes the

[21:38] dashboards for administrator, data

[21:40] partners and end users. Most of the

[21:42] development and testing for the UIUX

[21:45] portion of bridge uh was complete and we

[21:48] have provided the required feedback to

[21:51] our third party provider on uh admin

[21:55] dashboards, end users and data partner

[21:57] interfaces. I will be demoing a a a

[22:02] website on development platform uh on

[22:05] GCP right now after my presentation and

[22:08] there are certain remaining open items

[22:11] which we will be tackling as we move

[22:13] forward like some specific login request

[22:16] access data partner workbench uh and uh

[22:20] uh navigation sidebar etc. So overall uh

[22:25] we think around 78% of bridges uh

[22:28] technical infrastructure is now in place

[22:31] but the major area of focus going

[22:33] forward is going to be the MPI logic and

[22:36] validation

[22:37] deploying and integrating the API and

[22:40] the AMS services connecting all of these

[22:43] layers through middleware and finalizing

[22:46] the UI uh dashboards uh for UIT uh for

[22:50] UAT and uh production except acceptance.

[22:55] Uh Jeremas, do you mind if I uh took

[22:57] over the screen share for a minute to

[23:00] demo?

[23:13] Okay. So, this is the administrator

[23:17] uh dashboard. Are you guys able to see

[23:20] my screen?

[23:25] Yeah.

[23:26] » Okay. Uh so this is the administrator

[23:29] dashboard of uh the bridge uh system.

[23:33] You can see on the left pane we have the

[23:35] account management AMS uh messaging uh

[23:39] sorry matching as a service messaging

[23:41] and glossaryy.

[23:43] uh on the activity log page of the

[23:46] dashboard you can see these are all seed

[23:49] or uh sample data set that we have

[23:53] seeded into the current environment and

[23:56] if I go into one of these you'll be able

[23:58] to see how a request actually looks like

[24:02] so the administrator will be able to see

[24:05] who requested the data set what was the

[24:07] use case for which the data was

[24:09] requested the date when it was requested

[24:12] and the expiration date which we will be

[24:15] deciding based on the API key that was

[24:18] uh generated for the user. The total

[24:22] number of rows that this uh request is

[24:26] pulling and a sample number of rows for

[24:30] each of the tables from this uh from

[24:33] where this request is pulling the data

[24:34] set from. So these are all sample data

[24:37] sets. There's no PII information in

[24:39] these. And with this uh uh the

[24:43] administrator can go back to the

[24:45] dashboard look into other data set and

[24:49] there's also the account management

[24:51] where the administrator will be able to

[24:53] see how many users are currently active

[24:56] what are the roles assigned to each of

[24:58] these users their email address name etc

[25:02] and uh there I'll go into the AMS which

[25:06] is the

[25:09] authority manageer management system.

[25:11] Currently there are no master policies

[25:13] assigned but based on the creation ofus

[25:16] for bridge we will be assigning master

[25:18] policies and based on thoseus we will be

[25:22] creating the policies uh which will be

[25:25] guiding the rules for use cases and

[25:28] services and if any user is accessing

[25:32] trying to access a request the

[25:34] administrator will be see will be able

[25:36] to see their access request on uh this

[25:39] dash dashboard page. So you if you see

[25:42] one of these have been approved and one

[25:44] of them have been denied. I can still

[25:47] activate that on uh administrator side

[25:50] and only when the activation has

[25:53] completed only then the data flow will

[25:56] be working for the end user but whenever

[25:58] the administrator has closed this the

[26:01] data will not be flowing for the uh end

[26:05] user who is trying to access this. And

[26:07] this is how it will be working for the

[26:09] data partners as well. If they feel or

[26:12] see that some of the data that they are

[26:14] supplying is uh not uh is not ready for

[26:18] uh bridge, they can turn the data flow

[26:21] for their data sets only on the bridge

[26:24] platform and the data flow will be

[26:26] paused uh until it until the data

[26:29] partner turns it on. And uh moving on to

[26:33] some of the supporting instances of

[26:36] bridge like the uh support page where uh

[26:40] users can create support requests for uh

[26:43] any of the issues that they might be

[26:44] facing and glossery which will be

[26:47] showing um all the uh common questions

[26:51] related to uh the application so that

[26:54] the user can service their request or

[26:56] they can create a support request uh in

[26:58] case they are uh facing any issues.

[27:02] Uh so with that uh I conclude my update

[27:07] uh for the meeting. Any questions,

[27:10] comments or concerns.

[27:17] Okay. Uh back to you.

[27:21] » Thank you. Yeah.

[27:24] Uh one second.

[27:29] I think I'm back here now. I'm going to

[27:33] display.

[27:37] Sorry, one second.

[27:45] Okay.

[27:47] Okay. Um passing it over to the research

[27:50] update. Um over to Ari. Um do you want

[27:53] to start us off?

[27:55] » Yeah. Thank you, Jeremias. So, we have

[27:57] uh some research updates. I'm going to

[28:00] turn it over to the various researchers

[28:02] to talk about their projects and we'll

[28:04] start with Karen.

[28:07] » Uh thank you, Ari. So, the first one

[28:09] that I'm going to talk about is the

[28:11] education and wage outcomes for STEM

[28:14] students. and STEM students who um this

[28:17] research is defined as students who

[28:19] declare um their major as a STEM major

[28:23] um the first time that they declared a

[28:25] major and right now we're working on the

[28:29] data narrative and it is undergoing

[28:32] internal reviews and implementing

[28:34] feedback from internal reviews and um

[28:38] also for this one we'll be um trying to

[28:41] submit this one to an academic journal

[28:44] for publishing

[28:45] So um also we're working on editing down

[28:48] the UDRC version of this report to meet

[28:51] the requirements of um the journals that

[28:54] we will be submitting to. So hopefully

[28:56] we'll be able to update you on that next

[28:58] time we meet.

[29:00] Um and then the next one that I'm going

[29:02] to talk about is licensed employment. So

[29:05] this one is going to look at higher

[29:07] education to lensure and also the wage

[29:10] outcomes for um jobs that require

[29:13] licensing.

[29:15] Um so as of right now initial

[29:17] descriptive and modeling is completed

[29:20] and we will be meeting with our data

[29:23] partners in July sometime. So please be

[29:26] on the lookout for an invite. Um so that

[29:28] will be DWS

[29:30] um DOC and also Yushi. And finally, the

[29:35] last one I will talk about is a a series

[29:39] research on adult learners. So this one

[29:42] is going to look at the outcomes of

[29:44] returning adult learners. So that is

[29:47] defined as someone who left their

[29:49] post-secary education for 2 years or

[29:52] more and then later returned to Yushi.

[29:55] Um right now it is also undergoing

[29:57] internal review. Um so also the feedback

[30:01] from internal review is being

[30:03] implemented and then once that is done

[30:05] it will undergo other reviews as needed

[30:09] and I will turn the time over to Connor.

[30:14] All right. Thank you Karen.

[30:19] So I'm going to start off with uh RA23

[30:23] which is looking at the uh relationship

[30:26] between changing employers and wages. Uh

[30:30] common knowled or research has found

[30:32] that changing employers has found to

[30:34] have an increase in changing or increase

[30:37] in wages. So we wanted to look at this

[30:39] for our Yushi graduates. This is

[30:42] currently going under our internal

[30:44] review and then as the next steps go on

[30:48] I'll implement internal reviews and then

[30:50] it'll head out to the data partners for

[30:53] their thoughts and questions.

[30:55] Next slide please.

[30:58] Uh next project that I am working on is

[31:01] looking at children that participated in

[31:04] the ages and stages questionnaire and

[31:06] their early primary school outcomes. uh

[31:10] a lot of research has shown that ASQ has

[31:13] an adequate predictive value in

[31:15] predicting

[31:17] uh early childhood or early educational

[31:20] outcomes. So this is something that we

[31:23] were very keen on looking into. uh

[31:25] currently this is going under the

[31:28] internal review and again like the other

[31:30] one as the internal review goes on uh

[31:34] I'll implement the comments and then

[31:36] it'll head out to the data partners

[31:41] and then lastly uh this is uh a project

[31:45] from our our a series this one is

[31:48] looking at the states imp investigate

[31:52] state's impact on retaining out of state

[31:54] students

[31:55] from Yushi schools in Utah's workforce

[31:57] after graduating. This is currently uh

[32:00] undergoing internal review and it should

[32:02] be going to external review relatively

[32:05] soon.

[32:07] I believe I'm going to be handing it off

[32:09] to Alisia now.

[32:14] Thanks Connor. Um let's see. The first

[32:17] update I have is on engineering

[32:20] pathways. Um, and for this one, uh, it's

[32:25] currently in internal manager review,

[32:28] excuse me. Um, and I'll also be

[32:31] presenting this one at a conference in

[32:34] July. Um, and so, uh, once manager

[32:39] review is complete, uh, you guys should

[32:41] see that soon for external review. Next

[32:44] slide, please.

[32:47] Um and then for um RA27, this one is on

[32:51] high school math course taking patterns.

[32:54] Um currently that one's in data

[32:57] collection. Um we have initial partner

[32:59] meetings scheduled

[33:01] um as well with with some of you. Um and

[33:07] uh and so yeah, that is currently

[33:10] underway.

[33:12] Next slide, please.

[33:14] Uh and then finally um program outcomes.

[33:17] So this is an a series um that uh was

[33:24] related to some

[33:27] uh requests by the legislature and um

[33:32] OLAG um and has been split into two

[33:36] portions, but both of those portions um

[33:39] have are currently undergoing internal

[33:42] review. Um, and so you should see those

[33:46] uh partners should see those uh pretty

[33:48] soon as well. And I believe that's it

[33:52] for mine.

[33:55] » Great. Thank you, Karen, Connor, and

[33:57] Alicia. So, next, uh, I'll give a quick

[34:01] update on some data requests. So, we've

[34:03] completed a couple data requests. Um,

[34:05] one looks at um

[34:09] and of how um CTE uh is related to uh

[34:13] later outcomes for

[34:16] uh Native American indigenous um

[34:19] students. Uh this one was used as part

[34:22] of a dissertation

[34:24] um for a recently graduated

[34:27] uh PhD. Um and then we have our other

[34:32] one on the economic economic impacts of

[34:35] the University of Utah and uh UTU. Um so

[34:40] this one we've trans this is looking at

[34:42] how you know this is a contract worth

[34:46] with Chemcy Gardner um that Yushi has

[34:50] undertaken or that ChemC Gardener has

[34:52] undertaken for Yushi excuse me. Um and

[34:56] our part of this is fairly narrow. It's

[34:58] basically, you know, what students um

[35:00] are earning um and how kind of bringing

[35:03] in uh out of state students as well

[35:05] helps um with the local economy. Ongoing

[35:09] requests, we are now working on one uh

[35:11] from ASQ and early education outcomes.

[35:14] This sounds similar to uh Connor's

[35:16] research. It's fairly different actually

[35:19] despite

[35:21] you know ASQ and early education

[35:23] outcomes. Um and the next one uh we are

[35:27] in even earlier stages uh similar to the

[35:31] previous uh economic institutions.

[35:34] This one's going to be looking at the

[35:35] economic impacts of the system as a

[35:37] whole. Again, this one's ChemC Gardener

[35:40] or both these two ongoing requests are

[35:42] from ChemC Gardener. Just different

[35:44] researchers in there. Um not pictured,

[35:48] we also had our annual bagels and

[35:50] research. It went well. Um

[35:54] I I think our goal is to do that now

[35:57] every year. Um

[36:00] I know there are representatives from

[36:01] many of the organizations there this

[36:03] year. Uh we really appreciate having

[36:05] everyone there. Um

[36:08] I think everyone appreciates being able

[36:10] to share the research and hear, you

[36:12] know, and hear about it. Uh and it does

[36:14] help keep, you know, the UDRC data and

[36:16] research and then our partners um out in

[36:18] the community as well.

[36:21] So, and those are going to be my uh my

[36:25] updates for data requests and my team's

[36:28] updates for their research. Any

[36:30] questions for any of them or us before I

[36:32] turn it over?

[36:36] Okay. Uh thank you all. Jeremiah, back

[36:39] to you.

[36:40] » Great. Yeah. I'm gonna pass it over now

[36:42] to Britney for the user experience

[36:43] update. Britney,

[36:45] » Hi everyone. So for the UX updates

[36:48] today, I'm going to share our new UDRC

[36:50] website and I'll show a preview of our

[36:52] new P20 first credential dashboard. So

[36:55] we launched our redesigned um UDRC

[36:58] website early last month. So showing it

[37:00] today in case um any of you haven't had

[37:02] the chance to check it out. Um I'll also

[37:05] share a link in the chat

[37:07] so you can go directly there in the

[37:09] chat, but also share my screen and just

[37:11] walk through some of the the new

[37:13] features we have.

[37:20] Okay.

[37:23] Um, so you'll see that we have a new

[37:26] modern design and a new tagline. Smarter

[37:28] data stroker Utah. Uh, we also did a

[37:30] refresh of the UDRC logo. So it's still

[37:33] the same icon mark, but the font and

[37:35] placement of the UDRC name is updated.

[37:38] So you see here, this is our homepage.

[37:40] um some call to actions to view research

[37:43] or to request data and then three of our

[37:46] latest updates down here.

[37:51] » Sorry, just one second. Okay. Um some of

[37:54] our new features include our

[37:55] publications page. Um so you can look at

[37:59] our previous publications um through

[38:01] these different categories. Now if

[38:03] you're just interested in workforce and

[38:05] economy, you can click that and that

[38:06] will help narrow it down.

[38:11] And then uh we have our research agenda

[38:13] here. Um the current one will be posted

[38:17] um sometime tomorrow. Um you can also

[38:19] look at um the past research agendas. We

[38:23] have that archived all here. Um and then

[38:26] for request data um we separated these

[38:29] out into two um request types. So data

[38:32] set requests and analysis requests. We

[38:35] just noticed in the past there's been

[38:36] some confusion on that. So we decided to

[38:38] break it out. So for the data set

[38:40] request, this is what it looks like. Um

[38:42] it explains the different steps and then

[38:45] a button to start it.

[38:48] For the analysis request, it explains

[38:50] what that is here. Um including our data

[38:53] dictionary and then the request form to

[38:56] download right there.

[38:58] Um this is a new events area which shows

[39:01] um our previous recordings from bigles

[39:04] and research as well as this is where

[39:05] we'll we'll put our registration page um

[39:08] as well as past webinars.

[39:10] So you can see the bigles and research

[39:11] page looks like this. So we have three

[39:14] years worth there. Um and then here's

[39:16] some of our past webinars. So every time

[39:18] we release a new research product we do

[39:20] a webinar with it and we'll post the

[39:23] recording here.

[39:25] And then we have the resources page.

[39:27] These are just various documents um such

[39:29] as our governance document, our data

[39:31] dictionary as well as some other

[39:33] resources here.

[39:36] Uh under about us, um we broke this out

[39:39] into a few different subpages just to

[39:41] help um break out some of this

[39:44] information

[39:46] um about us. So we have this general

[39:47] about us and then we have our history

[39:49] explaining where how UDRC came about and

[39:52] where we are today.

[39:55] Um our team with some lovely pictures

[39:59] and then this is um newer where we have

[40:02] a data partners page where we put a

[40:04] little bit more explanation of what kind

[40:06] of data we are getting from each

[40:07] partner.

[40:09] So that's our website.

[40:14] Okay. So next um I'll show a preview of

[40:16] our upcoming dashboard on Utah's

[40:18] education to workforce pipeline which

[40:20] features first credentials and main

[40:21] milestone

[40:23] which I have here.

[40:30] Um, so first credential, if you haven't

[40:32] heard, this is a new statewide

[40:33] initiative. It ensures that that every

[40:35] high school student graduates with their

[40:37] first credential along with their

[40:39] diploma. So this dashboard looks at the

[40:42] different data highlights in K through

[40:44] 12 um post-secary and workforce data

[40:47] within the context of how they are

[40:49] supporting leading up to that first

[40:50] credential and also how that first

[40:52] credential helps support future college

[40:55] completion and workforce participation.

[40:57] So you'll see throughout this dashboard

[40:59] we pull metrics from various data

[41:02] sources um to help show those statewide

[41:04] trends and we try to do at least like a

[41:06] five-year look back on each one. some of

[41:09] them we didn't have enough data. Um

[41:10] maybe it's like three years back. Um but

[41:12] for the most part it's five years um at

[41:14] different um major points in the

[41:16] pipeline. Um but the overall purpose of

[41:18] this dashboard is to help determine um

[41:20] areas for improvement in early learning

[41:24] to help support first credentials um and

[41:26] also to monitor post-secondary um

[41:28] success and workforce alignment.

[41:31] So I'll just show um some of these pages

[41:34] um so you can get an idea.

[41:39] So for early foundations, we're looking

[41:41] at Aadian um reading levels K through

[41:44] three. Um looking back over time and

[41:46] seeing the difference here. So you'll

[41:48] notice on each page, we'll put the

[41:49] percentage point difference over the

[41:51] timeline that we're looking at. And then

[41:53] if someone wants to learn more about

[41:55] Aadian or this data, they can click

[41:57] here, learn more on the bottom right,

[41:59] and that will take them to the USB um

[42:01] data page about this.

[42:06] For the next one, high school readiness.

[42:09] Uh we pull data from NAPE. Here we're

[42:11] looking at fourth grade and eighth grade

[42:13] reading and math proficiency levels. Um

[42:17] we have overall comp comparisons as well

[42:19] as we could break it um through

[42:21] different Utah state, sorry, Utah

[42:23] student population groups.

[42:25] Uh we have a little write up here on the

[42:27] right about what it is and again a learn

[42:28] more button where it will take you

[42:30] directly to that NAPE data.

[42:35] Okay, first credentials. This is where

[42:36] we pulled a lot of like um new data that

[42:38] we haven't really shared before. So um

[42:41] here on the top left, these are the

[42:43] pathway indicators for first

[42:45] credentials. So for example, current

[42:46] enrollment is a pathway. Here we pulled

[42:49] participation rates over the past five

[42:50] years and showing the difference um over

[42:53] time. Here uh we have enrollments in CTE

[42:56] courses. Sorry, my internet's not

[42:58] working. Um but so different different

[43:01] filters. You can look at CTE courses.

[43:03] You can look at tech college completion

[43:05] rates, general ed certificate

[43:08] completions, as well as youth

[43:09] apprenticeships and looking at those um

[43:12] rates over time. We also include the

[43:14] high school cohort graduation rates over

[43:16] time by um different populations. So,

[43:19] this helps provide kind of like an

[43:21] overview baseline look of how we're

[43:23] doing with first credentials. And this

[43:25] is something we can look at each year um

[43:27] and see how how the participation is

[43:29] changing over time or the completion

[43:31] rates.

[43:34] The next one we have is um college

[43:37] success. So here we have um currently

[43:41] right here it's on the technical

[43:42] colleges um certificate completion um

[43:46] time to uh certificate rates. So you

[43:49] you'll see we have it broken down by

[43:50] each institution as well as the average

[43:52] um line for all of them. So looking at

[43:54] 100% of normal time, 150% and 200%.

[43:59] And then we also have see if this will

[44:02] reconnect

[44:03] uh our bachelor's cohort. So looking at

[44:06] it by each institution, four years after

[44:08] entry, six years and eight years and

[44:11] then we have our um percentage point

[44:13] difference over time here on the top

[44:14] left. We also included first year

[44:16] enrollments at Yushi of Utah High School

[44:18] graduates. um here on the left.

[44:25] Okay. Then finally, we have workforce

[44:26] alignment. This comes from Yushi's

[44:28] workforce outcomes dashboard. Here we

[44:31] pulled bachelor, associate, and

[44:33] certificate graduates.

[44:36] Um looking at um their employment,

[44:39] they're working in Utah um eight

[44:41] quarters after their graduation.

[44:44] And then we also um pulled their

[44:46] salaries. So you can see their change

[44:47] there from one year to five year after

[44:49] graduation.

[44:53] So uh so overall this dashboard it

[44:55] provides like a nice one-stop area to

[44:57] see these major indicators and how

[44:59] they're doing over time um in relation

[45:02] to first credential and uh so this is a

[45:04] preview so it's not final. So we're

[45:06] sending this out to our partners soon

[45:07] for their review and um thanks to way

[45:11] she did a lot of the heavy lifting on

[45:12] this project.

[45:14] So, I'm going to stop sharing. Were

[45:16] there any questions

[45:19] about any of those projects

[45:23] and thanks for your comment, Mark? Um,

[45:25] saying great website. Thank you.

[45:33] » Okay, no questions. I'll pass it back to

[45:34] Jeremas.

[45:36] » Great. Excuse me. Great.

[45:39] Um, I'll dispense of the the uh

[45:42] PowerPoint presentation since we only

[45:43] have two more slides. Um, the next

[45:46] section was going to be public comment.

[45:48] Um, I technically don't see any members

[45:52] of the public um on our meeting here.

[45:55] Um, everyone's either did a partner or a

[45:58] UDRC employee. So, um,

[46:02] I I don't think we're going to have any

[46:03] public comment today. So, um, then last

[46:06] slide is just to thank you as always.

[46:08] Thank you so much for your coordination

[46:10] and continued collaboration in this

[46:12] project that we call the UDRC. Uh we

[46:15] could not um do the work that we're

[46:17] doing without that component, your your

[46:20] side of the equation. So thank you so

[46:21] much as always and looking forward to

[46:24] meeting or meeting again in in in 6

[46:26] months time to provide another update.

[46:28] Uh hopefully we'll have a lot more to

[46:30] update on bridge uh next time uh and

[46:33] obviously all research and UX. So um if

[46:37] there are no further questions this time

[46:40] uh we'll adjourn the meeting. So have a

[46:42] wonderful day. Thank you.

[46:44] » Thank you. Bye.

[46:46] » Thanks everyone.

UDRC Advisory Board Meeting – 06/29/2026

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