The President’s fiscal year 2023 budget request outlines an ambitious policy agenda that will require cross-sector collaboration to address new and persistent challenges faced by learners, workers, and communities. State data systems are key to making these federal budget priorities a reality—but states will face challenges effectively implementing these changes unless they are accompanied by a robust investment in integrated state P–20W data systems

Our newly released two-part blog series discusses how investments can create strong state data systems to inform policy and program implementation and improve outcomes for learners across the P–20W spectrum.