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2016-2017 School Year
InformationNOW - AL Guidelines
State Setup and Reporting
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Contents
InformationNOW – AL Guidelines 1
Overview ...................................................................................................................................1 Document Revisions ..................................................................................................................1 AL Lookup (Codes) ...................................................................................................................1
Absence Reasons .........................................................................................................2 Career Tech Status (Locked) .......................................................................................2 Class Type (Locked)....................................................................................................2 Difficulty Level ...........................................................................................................3 Discipline Locations (Locked) ....................................................................................3 Dispositions .................................................................................................................3 District Services ..........................................................................................................5 Enrollment Code (Locked) ..........................................................................................5 Enrollment Reason (Locked).......................................................................................5 Exit Types (Locked) ....................................................................................................7 Gender (Locked)..........................................................................................................7 Grade Level (Locked)..................................................................................................8 Homeless Status (Locked) ...........................................................................................8 Immunization Type .....................................................................................................9 Infractions (Discipline)................................................................................................9 Language (Locked)....................................................................................................11 Level of English Proficiency (LEP) (Locked)...........................................................15 Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) (Locked)........................................................15 Lunch (Locked) .........................................................................................................16 Lunch Certification (Locked) ....................................................................................17 Migrant (Locked) ......................................................................................................17 Outcome (District Service Outcome) ........................................................................17 Race Codes (Locked) ................................................................................................17 Service Type (for District Services) ..........................................................................18 Special Ed Exceptionality (Locked) ..........................................................................18 Special Ed Exit Reason (Locked) ..............................................................................18 Special Ed Status (Locked) .......................................................................................19 Staff Classification ....................................................................................................19 Staff Role (Locked) ...................................................................................................19 Standardized Test ......................................................................................................20 Terms.........................................................................................................................20 Periods.......................................................................................................................20 Class Section .............................................................................................................20 Transportation Code (Locked)...................................................................................20
Custom Fields ..........................................................................................................................21 Custom Fields – Bus..................................................................................................21 Custom Fields – Course.............................................................................................21 Custom Fields – District ............................................................................................22 Custom Fields – School.............................................................................................22 Custom Fields – Staff ................................................................................................24 Custom Fields – Student............................................................................................24
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Custom Fields – Student Schedule ............................................................................28
Data Entry and Setup 29
Attendance ...............................................................................................................................29 Settings Tab...............................................................................................................29 Attendance Months....................................................................................................30
Career Tech Tracking ..............................................................................................................30 Scheduling ...............................................................................................................................32
Master Schedule ........................................................................................................32 Valid Course Changes ...............................................................................................34
Tracking Online Course Requirements....................................................................................34 Goals Sought .............................................................................................................34 Assigning Goals Sought ............................................................................................35
State Enrollment 38
Data Flow ................................................................................................................................38 Enroll a Student .......................................................................................................................39 Withdraw a Student .................................................................................................................40 No Show Students....................................................................................................................41
Mass No Shows Students ..........................................................................................42 Revisiting Incomplete Enrollments..........................................................................................43 Assigning Temporary Social Security Numbers......................................................................45 Other Items ..............................................................................................................................46
Federal Student Tab...................................................................................................46 Home Schooled Athletes ...........................................................................................47 Special Schools..........................................................................................................47
Index 49
2016-2017 School Year InformationNOW - AL Guidelines InformationNOW – AL Guidelines •••• 1
InformationNOW – AL Guidelines
Overview
This document is intended to provide Alabama users at both the school and district levels with instructions for setting up
InformationNOW for the collection and reporting of state-required data.
Document Revisions
Revisions have been made to the sections of this document listed below to incorporate changes for the 2016-2017 school
year. Changes are based on InformationNOW v7.3.11.
• Added Exit Types (Locked) on page 7.
• Removed Residency Status codes as these are no longer required for AL state reporting.
AL Lookup (Codes)
All State Codes are stored under System Preferences | Setup, along with any non-state-specific codes used for other
reporting purposes. The Lookup drop-list provided here is used to access all types of codes.
User access to and maintenance of lookup banks may be secured through Permission Maintenance.
The following codes are required for AL state reporting. Code Name and Description are required fields (marked with
asterisks within the program display) but are user-defined. The corresponding State Code field, however, is used for state
reports and must be entered exactly as it appears below.
Note: Some code banks are locked and no changes may be made. Those code banks will be noted
below.
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Absence Reasons
Absence Reasons are set up and categorized under Attendance | Setup and used when taking attendance.
Name Description Code State Code
System Export
Excused Absence Excused Absence E N Fall Attendance
Expulsion Expulsion D N Defined in district setup
In School Suspension In School Suspension ISS N Fall Attendance
Skipping Skipping @@@ N Defined in district setup
Suspended Suspended S N Fall Attendance
Tardy Excused Tardy Excused T N Fall Attendance
Tardy Unexcused Tardy Unexcused TU N Fall Attendance
Unexcused Absence Unexcused Absence U N Fall Attendance
Career Tech Status (Locked)
Students must be assigned an Average and a Status for each of their Career Course classes. To view the information for a
student, go to Students | Student Maintenance. Search for and select to View a student. Click the Schedule
option under the Manage menu on the left. Click to View the Career Tech class.
Name Description Code State Code
System Export
Withdrew Withdrew from Class 10 10 Y
Passed Completed and Passed Class 20 20 Y
Failed Failed the Class 30 30 Y
Class Type (Locked)
Class Type codes are hard-coded and may not be changed. They are assigned to the course under Scheduling | Valid Courses.
Name Description Code State Code
System Export
Standard
Standard Class taught by Teacher in
Classroom 10 C10
Y C40211
Credit Recovery Credit Recovery 15 C15 Y C40211
DL ACCESS - WBI
Distance Learning Class – ACCESS –
WEB-based 20 C20
Y C40211
DL ACCESS VCI-
Receive
Distance Learning Class – ACCESS –
Receive VCI 30 C30
Y C40211
DL ACCESS VCI-Send
Distance Learning Class – ACCESS –
Send VCI 40 C40
Y C40211
DL-VCI-LEA Distance Learning Class – VCI within LEA 50 C50 Y C40211
DL-WBI-LEA- VI
Distance Learning Class – Web-based LEA
purchased (Vendor Provided Instructor 60 C60
Y C40211
DL-WBI-LEA-LI Distance Learning Class – Web-based LEA 65 C65 Y C40211
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Name Description Code State Code
System Export
purchased (LEA Provided Instructor)
DL-Dual Enroll
Distance Learning Class – Dual Enrollment
Class taken from a college or university 70 C70
Y C40211
Dual Enroll-College
Dual Enrollment Class taken from a
college or university 80 C80
Y C40211
Dual Enroll-Technical
Career Tech Dual Enrollment class taken
from a postsecondary institution. 90 C90
Y C40211
Special Non-Academic Non-Academic special Assignment 95 C95 Y C40211
Special Academic
Assignment Academic special Assignment 96 C96
Y C40211
Difficulty Level Difficulty levels are assigned to the course under Scheduling | Valid Courses or on the section under Scheduling | Master Schedule.
Name Description Code St Code
NCES System Export
Advanced Placement Advanced Placement AP 0575 N CRDC1&2
International
Baccalaureate
International Baccalaureate IB 0574 N CRDC1
LEP/ELL LEP/ELL LEP 0578 N CRDC2
Gifted Gifted GT 0573 N CRDC2
Advanced Advanced Class ADV ADV N CRDC2
Discipline Locations (Locked)
Discipline Locations are assigned to the student’s discipline record under Students | Student Maintenance by
selecting the Discipline option under the Manage menu on the left.
Name Description Code St Code
System Export
Off Campus Off Campus, not sponsored OFF 1 Y SIR
On Campus On Campus, not sponsored ON 0 Y SIR
In Transport In Transport, not sponsored TRANS 2 Y SIR
Off Campus, sponsored Off Campus, school sponsored event OFFS 3 Y SIR
On Campus, sponsored On Campus, school sponsored event ONS 4 Y SIR
In Transport, sponsored In Transport, school sponsored event TRSS 5 Y SIR
Dispositions
Dispositions are assigned to the student’s discipline record under Students | Student Maintenance. Click to View
the student and select the Discipline option under the Manage menu on the left.
Name Description Code ST Code
NCES Code
System Create Incident
Export
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Name Description Code ST Code
NCES Code
System Create Incident
Export
Suspended/Out of
School
Out of School
Suspension
SIR1 SIR1 OSS N Yes SIR
CRDC2
Alternative Placement Alternative
Placement
SIR2 SIR2 ALT N Yes SIR
Expelled Expelled SIR3 SIR3 EXP N Yes SIR
CRDC2
Expelled/Services
Provided
Expelled,
Services Provided
SIR4 SIR4 EXPES N Yes SIR
CRDC2
Officer Suspension/Out
of School
Removed by
Hearing Officer
to Out-of-School
Suspension
SIR5 SIR5 OSS N Yes SIR
CRDC2
Alternative Placement
(Spec Ed)
Alternative
Placement
(Special
Education
Students Only)
SIR6 SIR6 ALT N Yes SIR
Corporal Punishment Corporal
Punishment
SIR7 SIR7 CORP N Yes SIR
CRDC2
Expelled/Permanent Permanent
Expulsion
SIR8 SIR8 EXP N Yes SIR
CRDC2
Officer
Suspension/Alternative
School
Removed by
Hearing Officer
to Alt. School
SIR9 SIR9 ALT N Yes SIR
Officer
Suspension/Alternative
Spec Ed
Removed by
Hearing Officer
to Alt. Setting
(Special
Education
Students Only)
SIR10 SIR10 ALT N Yes SIR
Suspended/In School In School
Suspension
SIR11 SIR11 ISS N Yes SIR
CRDC2
Suspended /Pending Suspended-
Pending
SIR12 SIR12 N Yes SIR
Parent Notified Parent Notified SIR13 SIR13 N Yes SIR
Police Notified Police Notified SIR14 SIR14 LAW N Yes SIR
CRDC2
Zero Tolerance Disposition in
response to Zero
Tolerance Policy
ZERO N CRDC2
Arrested Student Arrested ARREST N CRDC2
Mechanical Restraint Mechanical
Restraints applied
MR N CRDC2
Physical Restraint Physical Restraint
applied
PR N CRDC2
Seclusion Seclusion
Applied
SEC N CRDC2
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District Services
District Services are assigned to students under Students | Student Maintenance. Click to View a student and click
the Services option under the Manage menu on the left.
District Services used for Career Tech/Credentials are preloaded and do not have to be entered by the district. Please
refer to the Quick Reference Guide entitled InformationNOW AL - Extended Enrollment.pdf for more information on
tracking and reporting of Career Tech credentials.
One additional district service should be added to the bank if the district is utilizing the CRDC export.
Additional district services can be added by the district (if desired) for any local tracking of district services.
Name Description Code NCES
Code
System Export
GED Preparation GED Preparation GEDPR GEDPREP N CRDC2
Enrollment Code (Locked)
Enrollment codes are assigned on the student’s enrollment record under Students | Student Maintenance by
selecting the Enrollment tab.
Name Description Code ST Code
Class System Export
E | Entry Regular Enrollment E E E Y
E97 Enrollment, existing
student -
communication
interruption with State
E97 E97 E Y
E98 Enrollment, new
student -
communication
interruption with State
E98 E98 E Y
E99 Student enrollment –
student currently
enrolled in another
school
E99 E99 E Y
R | Reentry Re-enrollment R R R Y
W | Withdrawal Regular Withdrawal W W W Y
W97 Withdrawal -
communication
interruption with State
W97 W97 W Y
Note: These are system enrollment codes. These codes do not need to be created by the user.
Enrollment Reason (Locked)
Enrollment Reasons are assigned on the student’s enrollment record under Students | Student Maintenance by
selecting the Enrollment tab.
Name Code ST
Code
Class System Export
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Name Code ST
Code
Class System Export
E | Resident Enrollment E1 E E, R Y
E97 | Enrollment Pending† E97 E97 E, R Y
E98 | Enrollment Pending† E98 E98 E, R Y
E99 | Enrollment Pending† E99 E99 E, R Y
W97 | Withdrawal Pending† W97 W97 W Y
D02 | Academic Difficulties D02 D02 W Y
D03 | Marriage D03 D03 W Y
D04 | Pregnancy D04 D04 W Y
D05 | Employment D05 D05 W Y
D06 | Physical Illness D06 D06 W Y
D07 | Language Difficulty D07 D07 W Y
D08| Dislike of school experience D08 D08 W Y
D09| Needed at Home D09 D09 W Y
D10| Parental Influence D10 D10 W Y
D11| Relations, student/staff D11 D11 W Y
D12| Relationship, fellow students D12 D12 W Y
D13| Entered Military Service D13 D13 W Y
D14| Behavior Problem D14 D14 W Y
D15| Other Known Reason D15 D15 W Y
D16| Reason Unknown D16 D16 W Y
NS1| Non-return in fall NS1 NS1 N Y
WA1| Transfer in system – public school WA1 WA1 N,W Y
WA2| Transfer in system – private
school
WA2 WA2 N,W Y
WA3 | Transfer in system – church or
home school
WA3 WA3 APAS N,W Y
WB1 | Transfer in state – public school WB1 WB1 N,W Y
WB2| Transfer in state – private school WB2 WB2 N,W Y
WB3 | Transfer in state – church or
home school
WB3 WB3 N,W Y
WC1 | Transfer out of state WC1 WC1 N,W Y
WD2 | Deceased WD2 WD2 N,W Y
WD3 | Disciplinary Action WD3 WD3 N,W Y
WD4| Transferred to Youth Service WD4 WD4 N,W Y
WD5| Special Services - Rehab, Mental
Hospital, Treatment Center, or other
Special Services Facility
WD5 WD5 N,W Y
WD6| Expulsion WD6 WD6 N,W Y
WG1| Mid-Year Graduate WG1 WG1 N,W Y
TA1| Sch Choice-Within System -
Public School
TA1 TA1 N,W Y
TA2| Sch Choice-Within System -
Private School
TA2 TA2 N,W Y
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Name Code ST
Code
Class System Export
TA3| Sch Choice-Within System -
Church or Home School
TA3 TA3 N,W Y
TB1| Sch Choice-Within State - Public
School
TB1 TB1 N,W Y
TB2| Sch Choice-Within State - Private
School
TB2 TB2 N,W Y
TB3| Sch Choice-Within State - Church
or Home School
TB3 TB3 N,W Y
PD5| ParentPlaced-Special Services-
Rehab, Mental Hospital, Treatment
Center, or other Special Services
Facility
PD5 PD5 N,W Y
TD5| Sch Choice-Special Services -
Rehab, Mental Hospital, Treatment
Center, or other Special Services
Facility
TD5 TD5 N,W Y
Note: E97, E98, E99 and W97 are system enrollment reasons. These codes do not need to be created.
Exit Types (Locked)
Located on the student Custom tab. Each 12th
grader must have an Exit Type. The field should not be populated for other
grade levels.
Name/Description State Code
System Export
(G-01) Alabama High School Diploma – General Education Pathway 01 Y SDE
(NG-04) Special Education Graduation Certificate (Age 21) 04 Y SDE
(NG-09) Exited document other than diploma – GED 09 Y SDE
(NG-11) Retained in 12th grade (SpEd ONLY) 11 Y SDE
(NG-12) Failed to complete credit Requirements 12 Y SDE
(NG-16) Essentials/Life Skills Pathway 16 Y SDE
(NG-17) Alternative Achievement Standards (AAS) Path 17 Y SDE
(X-00) Not Applicable to student 00 Y SDE
(X-10) Foreign Exchange Student – Not Toward Degree 10 Y SDE
Gender (Locked)
Gender codes are used for the following records: Students, Contacts, Staff and People. Codes are hard coded and
may not be edited.
Name Description State Code System Export
Female Female F Y
Male Male M Y
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Grade Level (Locked)
Grade Level codes are used for the following records:
• Student
• Transcript
• Valid Course
• Master Schedule
Name Description Code ST
Code
NCES System Export
97 Preschool Age 2 97 97 PK n/a Fall Attendance,
CRDC1&2
98 Preschool Age 3 98 98 PK n/a Fall Attendance,
CRDC1&2
99 Preschool Ages 4 & 5 99 99 PK n/a Fall Attendance,
CRDC1&2
00 Kindergarten 00 00 KG n/a Fall Attendance,
CRDC1&2
01 01 01 01 01 n/a Fall Attendance,
CRDC1&2
02 02 02 02 02 n/a Fall Attendance,
CRDC1&2
03 03 03 03 03 n/a Fall Attendance,
CRDC1&2
04 04 04 04 04 n/a Fall Attendance,
CRDC1&2
05 05 05 05 05 n/a Fall Attendance,
CRDC1&2
06 06 06 06 06 n/a Fall Attendance,
CRDC1&2
07 07 07 07 07 n/a Fall Attendance,
CRDC1&2
08 08 08 08 08 n/a Fall Attendance,
CRDC1&2
09 09 09 09 09 n/a Fall Attendance,
CRDC1&2
10 10 10 10 10 n/a Fall Attendance,
CRDC1&2
11 11 11 11 11 n/a Fall Attendance,
CRDC1&2
12 12 12 12 12 n/a Fall Attendance,
CRDC1&2
Please contact your Customer Care Representative if you notice duplicate grade levels. Example 1 and 01, 2 and 02, etc.
These will need to be merged by your Chalkable support.
Homeless Status (Locked)
Homeless Status codes are entered for the student under Students | Student Maintenance | Misc tab.
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Name Description ST
Code
System Export
Shelter/Transitional Homeless – Shelters,
transitional housing
1 Y SDE Export
Doubled Up Homeless – Doubled Up 2 Y SDE Export
Unsheltered Homeless – Unsheltered 3 Y SDE Export
Hotels/Motels Homeless – Hotels/Motels 4 Y SDE Export
Homeless data will no longer be retained from year-to-year. This information will also not be inherited when a student is
registered/enrolled in a future academic session.
Immunization Type
Immunization Types are assigned to the student under Health | Student Health.
Name Description ST Code System Export
DTP DTP 01DTP Y
HepA HepA 08HEA Y
HepB HepB 09HEB Y
HIB HIB 03HIB Y
HPV HPV 10HPV Y
IPV, OPV IPV, OPV 02IPV N
MCV MCV 11MCV Y
Measles Measles 04MEA Y
Mumps Mumps 05MUM Y
PCV PCV 12PCV Y
ROT ROT 13ROT Y
Rubella Rubella 06RUB Y
Tdap Tdap 14Tdap Y
Varicella Varicella 07VAR Y
Infractions (Discipline)
Infractions are assigned to the student’s discipline record under Students | Student Maintenance by selecting the
Discipline option under the Manage menu on the left.
Any local infraction may have a local code in the Code field. However, in the State Code field, S99 is to be entered.
Name ST Code
NCES Code
System Export
Alcohol Possession S01 N SIR
Alcohol Sale S02 N SIR
Alcohol Use S03 N SIR
Arson S04 N SIR
Assault S05 N SIR
Bomb Threat S06 N SIR
Burglary S07 N SIR
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Name ST Code
NCES Code
System Export
Criminal Mischief S08 N SIR
Defiance S09 N SIR
Disobedience S10 N SIR
Disorderly Conduct S11 N SIR
Disruptive S12 N SIR
Drugs, Possession S13 N SIR
Drugs, Sale S14 N SIR
Drugs, Use S15 N SIR
Unauthorized Communication Device S16 N SIR
Fighting S17 N SIR
Fire Alarm Abuse/Tampering S18 N SIR
Gambling S19 N SIR
Harassment S20 N SIR
Homicide S21 N SIR
Inciting a Disturbance S22 N SIR
Kidnapping S23 N SIR
Theft/Larceny S24 N SIR
Theft/Motor Vehicle S25 N SIR
Profanity/Vulgarity S26 N SIR
Robbery S27 N SIR
Sexual Battery S28 N SIR
Sexual Harassment S29 N SIR
Sexual Offenses., Other S30 N SIR
Threat/Intimidation S31 N SIR
Tobacco, Possession S32 N SIR
Tobacco, Sale S33 N SIR
Tobacco, Use S34 N SIR
Trespassing S35 N SIR
Unauthorized Absence S36 N SIR
Handgun, Possession S37 N SIR
Handgun, Sale S38 N SIR
Handgun, Use S39 N SIR
Rifle/Shotgun, Possession S40 N SIR
Rifle/Shotgun, Sale S41 N SIR
Rifle/Shotgun, Use S42 N SIR
Firearm Component, Possession S43 N SIR
Firearm Component, Sale S44 N SIR
Firearm Component, Use S45 N SIR
Explosive/Poison Gas, Possession S46 N SIR
Explosive/Poison Gas, Sale S47 N SIR
Explosive/Poison Gas, Use S48 N SIR
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Name ST Code
NCES Code
System Export
Other Weapon, Possession S49 N SIR
Other Weapon, Sale S50 N SIR
Other Weapon, Use S51 N SIR
Knife, Possession S52 N SIR
Knife, Sale S53 N SIR
Knife, Use S54 N SIR
Other/Unknown Weapon, Possession S55 N SIR
Other/Unknown Weapon, Sale S56 N SIR
Other/Unknown Weapon, Use S57 N SIR
Other Incident S58 N SIR
Local Use S99 N SIR
Harassed or Bullied on the basis of Sex
BULLYSEX N CRDC1
&2
Harassed or Bullied on the basis of Race
BULLRACE N CRDC1
&2
Harassed or Bullied on the basis of Disability
BULLYDIS N CRDC1
&2
Rape or attempted rape RAPE N CRDC2
Sexual battery BATT N CRDC2
Robbery with weapon ROBWW N CRDC2
Robbery with firearm/exp dev ROBWX N CRDC2
Robbery without a weapon ROBWOW N CRDC2
Physical attack/fight with weapon ATTWW N CRDC2
Physical attack/fight with firearm/exp dev ATTWX N CRDC2
Physical attack/fight without a weapon ATTWOW N CRDC2
Threats of physical attack with weapon THRWW N CRDC2
Threats of phy attack with firearm/exp dev THRWX N CRDC2
Threats of physical attack without a weapon THRWOW N CRDC2
Possession of a firearm/exp dev POSSWX N CRDC2
Homicide HOM N CRDC2
Harassed or bullying on basis of sexual orientation BULLYORI N CRDC2
Harassment or bullying on the basis of religion BULLYREL N CRDC2
Language (Locked)
Language codes are entered for the student under Students | Student Maintenance | Misc tab.
Name ST Code
System Export
English 001 Y Fall Attendance
Spanish 002 Y Fall Attendance
Vietnamese 003 Y Fall Attendance
Korean 004 Y Fall Attendance
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Name ST Code
System Export
Arabic 005 Y Fall Attendance
Laotian 006 Y Fall Attendance
Cambodian 007 Y Fall Attendance
Russian 008 Y Fall Attendance
Japanese 009 Y Fall Attendance
French 010 Y Fall Attendance
Portuguese 011 Y Fall Attendance
Tagalog 012 Y Fall Attendance
Other Language 013 Y Fall Attendance
Afghan 014 Y Fall Attendance
African 015 Y Fall Attendance
Afrikaans 016 Y Fall Attendance
Akateko 017 Y Fall Attendance
Albanian 018 Y Fall Attendance
American Sign Language 019 Y Fall Attendance
Amharic 020 Y Fall Attendance
Anyehth 021 Y Fall Attendance
Armenian 022 Y Fall Attendance
Asian 023 Y Fall Attendance
Asian (Spanish) 024 Y Fall Attendance
Achi 131 Y Fall Attendance
Badaga 025 Y Fall Attendance
Bandi 026 Y Fall Attendance
Bassa 027 Y Fall Attendance
Bemba 028 Y Fall Attendance
Bengali 029 Y Fall Attendance
Berber 030 Y Fall Attendance
Bosnian 031 Y Fall Attendance
Bulgarian 032 Y Fall Attendance
Burmese 033 Y Fall Attendance
Cantonese 034 Y Fall Attendance
Cebuano 035 Y Fall Attendance
Chichewa 036 Y Fall Attendance
Chinese 037 Y Fall Attendance
Chu 038 Y Fall Attendance
Creole (French) 039 Y Fall Attendance
Czech 040 Y Fall Attendance
Danish 041 Y Fall Attendance
Dari 042 Y Fall Attendance
Dutch 043 Y Fall Attendance
Dzongkha 044 Y Fall Attendance
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Name ST Code
System Export
Ebo 045 Y Fall Attendance
Ewe 046 Y Fall Attendance
Farsi 047 Y Fall Attendance
Filipino 048 Y Fall Attendance
Finnish 049 Y Fall Attendance
Fulani 050 Y Fall Attendance
German 051 Y Fall Attendance
Greek 052 Y Fall Attendance
Gujarati 053 Y Fall Attendance
Hebrew 054 Y Fall Attendance
Hindi 055 Y Fall Attendance
Hmong 056 Y Fall Attendance
Hokkien 057 Y Fall Attendance
Hungarian 058 Y Fall Attendance
Ibo 059 Y Fall Attendance
Icelandic 060 Y Fall Attendance
Ilocano 061 Y Fall Attendance
Indian 062 Y Fall Attendance
Indonesian 063 Y Fall Attendance
Iranian 064 Y Fall Attendance
Italian 065 Y Fall Attendance
Jamaican Creole 066 Y Fall Attendance
Kalenjin 067 Y Fall Attendance
Kanjobel 068 Y Fall Attendance
Kannada 069 Y Fall Attendance
Karachi 070 Y Fall Attendance
Khmer 071 Y Fall Attendance
Kikuya 072 Y Fall Attendance
Kirundi 073 Y Fall Attendance
Kiswahali 074 Y Fall Attendance
Konkani 075 Y Fall Attendance
Kuman 076 Y Fall Attendance
Kunama 077 Y Fall Attendance
Latvian 078 Y Fall Attendance
Liberian 079 Y Fall Attendance
Lingala 080 Y Fall Attendance
Lithuanian 081 Y Fall Attendance
Macedonian 082 Y Fall Attendance
Malayalam 083 Y Fall Attendance
Malaysian 084 Y Fall Attendance
Mam 085 Y Fall Attendance
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Name ST Code
System Export
Mandarin Chinese 086 Y Fall Attendance
Mandigo 087 Y Fall Attendance
Marathi 088 Y Fall Attendance
Marshakse 089 Y Fall Attendance
Marshallese 090 Y Fall Attendance
Maya 091 Y Fall Attendance
Mende 092 Y Fall Attendance
Mestico 093 Y Fall Attendance
Micronese 094 Y Fall Attendance
Mien 095 Y Fall Attendance
Mixtec 096 Y Fall Attendance
Nepali 097 Y Fall Attendance
Nigerian 098 Y Fall Attendance
Norwegian 099 Y Fall Attendance
Pampango 100 Y Fall Attendance
Pashto 101 Y Fall Attendance
Pohnpei 102 Y Fall Attendance
Pohnpeian 103 Y Fall Attendance
Polish 130 Y Fall Attendance
Punjabi 104 Y Fall Attendance
Quiche 105 Y Fall Attendance
Romanian 106 Y Fall Attendance
Shona 107 Y Fall Attendance
Sinhalese 108 Y Fall Attendance
Slovakian 109 Y Fall Attendance
Somali 110 Y Fall Attendance
Sudanese 111 Y Fall Attendance
Swahili 112 Y Fall Attendance
Swedish 113 Y Fall Attendance
Taiwanese 114 Y Fall Attendance
Tamil 115 Y Fall Attendance
Tarasco 116 Y Fall Attendance
Telugu 117 Y Fall Attendance
Thai 118 Y Fall Attendance
Tigrinay 119 Y Fall Attendance
Toga 120 Y Fall Attendance
Turkish 121 Y Fall Attendance
Turkmen 122 Y Fall Attendance
Ukrainian 123 Y Fall Attendance
Ukrainian 124 Y Fall Attendance
Urdu 125 Y Fall Attendance
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Name ST Code
System Export
Visayen 126 Y Fall Attendance
Woloff 127 Y Fall Attendance
Yoruba 128 Y Fall Attendance
Yugaslavie 129 Y Fall Attendance
Level of English Proficiency (LEP) (Locked)
LEP codes are entered for the student under Students | Student Maintenance | Federal tab.
Name Description Code ST Code
NCES System Export
Nom-Phlote
National origin minority
student whose primary home
language is not English
7 7 2349 Y SDE, CRDC2
LEP1-1st Year in US
School
LEP student in 1st year in a
US School
1 1 2349 Y SDE, CRDC2
LEP2-2nd Year + in
US School
LEP student in 2nd year or
more in US School
2 2 2349 Y SDE, CRDC2
FLEP1-Exited, 1st
Year Monitoring
Student has exited LEP
program and is in 1st year of
monitoring
3 3 2349 Y SDE, CRDC2
FLEP2-Exited, 2nd
Year Monitoring
Student has exited LEP
program - 2nd year of
monitoring
4 4 2349 Y SDE, CRDC2
FLEP-Completed 2
Years Monitoring
Successfully completed 2
years of monitoring - no
longer LEP
5 5 2349 Y SDE, CRDC2
FLEP3-Exited, 3rd
Year Monitoring
FLEP3- Students who are in
their 3rd year after Exiting
8 8 2349 Y SDE, CRDC2
FLEP4-Exited, 4th
Year Monitoring
FLEP4- Students who are in
their 4th year after Exiting
9 9 2349 Y SDE, CRDC2
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) (Locked)
LRE codes are hard-coded and may not be changed. They are assigned to the student under Students | Student Maintenance | Misc tab.
Name ST Code
System Export
100%-80% of the day Inside the Reg Ed Environment 01 Y SDE, Child Count
79%-40% of the day Inside the Reg Ed Environment 03 Y SDE, Child Count
Less than 40% of the day Inside the Reg Ed Environment 04 Y SDE, Child Count
Private School (Parentally Placed) 05 Y SDE, Child Count
Separate School-Public Day School > 50% of the Day 06 Y SDE, Child Count
Separate School-Private Day School > 50% of the Day 07 Y SDE, Child Count
Homebound 08 Y SDE, Child Count
Hospital 09 Y SDE, Child Count
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Name ST Code
System Export
Public Residential School > 50% of the Day 10 Y SDE, Child Count
Private Residential School > 50% of the Day 11 Y SDE, Child Count
Home-Not Attending a Sp Ed Prog or Reg Early Childhd Prog or K 14 Y SDE, Child Count
Residential Facility-Attending a Sp Ed Prog / Not atten Reg Early Childhd Prog
or K
16 Y SDE, Child Count
Separate School-Attending a Sp Ed Prog / Not atten Reg Early Childhd Prog or K 17 Y SDE, Child Count
Separate Class-Attending a Sp Ed Prog / Not atten Reg Early Childhd Prog or K 18 Y SDE, Child Count
Service Provider Location-Not Attending a Sp Ed Prog or Reg Early Childhd
Prog or K
19 Y SDE, Child Count
Reg Early Childhood Prog. At Least 10 hrs. Per Week Rcvg. Majority of Spec.
Ed. Servs. In the Reg. Early Childhood Environment
20 Y SDE, Child Count
Reg Early Childhood Prog. At Least 10 hrs. Per Week Rcvg. Majority of Spec.
Ed. Servs. in Other Location
21 Y SDE, Child Count
Reg Early Childhood Prog. < 10 hrs. Per Week Receiving Majority of Spec. Ed.
Servs. in the Reg. Early Childhood Environment
22 Y SDE, Child Count
Reg Early Childhd Prog < 10 Hrs. Per Wk - Rcvg Majority of Spec Ed Servs in
Other Location
23 Y SDE, Child Count
Short Term Detention (Community or Residential) or Correctional Fac. 40 Y SDE, Child Count
Lunch (Locked)
Lunch codes are entered for the student under Students | Student Maintenance | Main tab. They are also assigned to
the student during the enrollment process under Students | Student Maintenance | Enrollment tab | Enrollment button.
Name Description Code ST Code
System Rules
Free Free 1 1 Y None
Reduced Reduced 2 2 Y None
Paid Paid 3 3 Y None
Free DC (SNAP)
Free Based on Direct
Certification (SNAP)
4 1 Y Cannot be set by end
user. Only via DC
Import.
Free DC (TANF) Free Based on Direct
Certification (TANF)
5 1 Y Cannot be set by end
user. Only via DC
Import.
Free DC (FDPIR) Free Based on Direct
Certification (FDPIR)
6 1 Y Cannot be set by end
user. Only via DC
Import.
Free DC (Foster) Free Based on Direct
Certification (Foster)
7 1 Y Cannot be set by end
user. Only via DC
Import.
Free DC (Extended Eligibility-
SNAP)
Free Based on Direct
Certification (Extended
Eligibility-SNAP)
8 1 Y Cannot be set by end
user. Only via DC
Import.
Free DC (Extended Eligibility
– TANIF)
Free Based on Direct
Certification (Extended
Legibility – TANIF)
9 1 Y Cannot be set by end
user. Only via DC
import.
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Name Description Code ST Code
System Rules
Free DC (Medicaid) Free Based on Direct
Certification (Medicaid)
10 1 Y Cannot be set by end
user. Only via DC
Import.
Free DC (SCHIP) Free Based on Direct
Certification (SCHIP)
11 1 Y Cannot be set by end
user. Only via DC
Import.
Free (Homeless Designation) Free Based on Homeless
Designation
12 1 Y None
Free (Migrant Designation) Free Based on Migrant
Designation
13 1 Y None
Free (Runaway Designation) Free Based on Runaway
Designation
14 1 Y None
Free (Foster County DHR
Foster Letter)
Free Based on Foster
County DHR Foster Letter
15 1 Y None
Parent Declined Services Parent Declined Services,
Changed to Paid
20 3 Y None
DC to App Income Reduced DC to App Income
Reduced
21 2 Y None
DC to App Income Free
DC to App Income Free
22 1 Y None
Lunch Certification (Locked)
Lunch Certification is assigned to the student under Students | Student Maintenance | Main tab using the Hist link
next to Lunch.
Name Description Code ST Code
System Export
DC Expired SDE Thirteen month expiration 00 00 Y
Migrant (Locked)
Migrant Family codes are entered for the student under Students | Student Maintenance | Federal tab.
Name Code ST Code System Export
Yes 1 1 Y
Outcome (District Service Outcome)
Outcome is assigned to the student under Students | Student Maintenance | Manage Services.
Name Code ST Code NCES System Export
Received GED GEDREC N CRDC
Race Codes (Locked)
Race Codes are used for the following records: Students, Contacts, Staff and People.
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Name ST Code
NCES System Export
American Indian/Alaskan Native I 0998 Y SDE, CRDC1&2
Asian A 0999 Y SDE, CRDC1&2
Black / African American B 1000 Y SDE, CRDC1&2
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander P 1001 Y SDE, CRDC1&2
White W 1002 Y SDE, CRDC1&2
Note: When entering race codes for Hispanic students, select a race and then Yes/No for Hispanic next to
the Race field. Students marked as Hispanic MUST have a Race selected as well.
Service Type (for District Services)
Service Type is assigned to the student under Students | Student Maintenance | Manage Services.
Name Code NCES Code System Export
GED Preparation GEDPR GEDPREP N CRDC2
Special Ed Exceptionality (Locked)
Special Ed Exceptionality codes are set up under Students | Setup and are assigned to the student under Students | Student Maintenance | Misc tab.
Name ST
Code
System Export
Autism AUT Y SDE, Child Count
Deaf-Blindness DB Y SDE, Child Count
Developmental Delay DD Y SDE, Child Count
Emotional Disability ED Y SDE, Child Count
Gifted GT Y SDE, Child Count
Hearing Impairment HI Y SDE, Child Count
Intellectual Disability ID Y SDE, Child Count
Multiple Disabilities MD Y SDE, Child Count
Orthopedic Impairment OI Y SDE, Child Count
Other Health Impairment OHI Y SDE, Child Count
Specific Learning Disability SLD Y SDE, Child Count
Speech or Language Impairment SLI Y SDE, Child Count
Traumatic Brain Injury TBI Y SDE, Child Count
Visual Impairment VI Y SDE, Child Count
Special Ed Exit Reason (Locked)
Special Ed Exit Reason codes are set up under Students | Setup and are assigned to the student under Students | Student Maintenance | Misc tab.
Name Code ST Code System Export
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Name Code ST Code System Export
Transferred to regular education A A Y SETS ADR
Graduated w/ regular High School diploma B B Y SETS ADR
Received a certificate C C Y SETS ADR
Reached a maximum Age D D Y SETS ADR
Died E D Y SETS ADR
Moved, known to be continuing F E Y SETS ADR
Dropped out G G Y SETS ADR
Special Ed Status (Locked)
Special Ed Status codes are hard-coded and may not be changed. They are assigned to the student under Students | Student Maintenance | Misc tab.
Name Code ST Code Export
Active ACTIVE ACTIVE
Inactive INACTIVE INACTIVE
Referred REFERRED REFERRED
Archived ARCHIVED ARCHIVED
Staff Classification
Staff Classifications are assigned to the Staff | Staff Maintenance | Class tab.
Name Description Code State Code
NCES Code
System Export
Administrator A A N LEAPS
Counselor Counselor C C 04725 N LEAPS
CRDC2
Other O O N LEAPS
Support S S N LEAPS
Teacher T T N LEAPS
Law Enforcement Law Enforcement LAW
LAW
N LEAPS
CRDC1
Security Guard Security Guard SEC
SEC
N LEAPS
CRDC1
Nurse Nurse NRS
NRS
N LEAPS
CRDC1
Psychologist Psychologist PSY
PSY
N LEAPS
CRDC1
Social Worker Social Worker SW
SW
N LEAPS
CRDC1
Staff Role (Locked)
Staff Role codes are assigned to the course sections under Scheduling | Master Schedule.
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Name Description Code ST Code System Export
Teacher, 1st Primary 1st Primary Teacher 10 R10 Y LEAPS
Teacher, 2nd Primary 2nd Primary Teacher 20 R20 Y LEAPS
Teacher, SpEd Collaborative Special Education Collaborative
Teacher
30 R30 Y LEAPS
Teacher, ELL Collaborative ELL Collaborative Teacher 31 R31 Y LEAPS
Facilitator, Distance Learning Distance Learning Facilitator 40 R40 Y LEAPS
Teacher, Classroom Resource Classroom Resource Teacher 50 R50 Y LEAPS
Instructor, Part-Time Adjunct Part-Time Adjunct Instructor 55 R55 Y LEAPS
Substitute, Long Term Long Term Substitute 60 R60 Y LEAPS
Instructor, Dual Enrollment Dual Enrollment Instructor 70 R70 Y LEAPS
Facilitator, Career Tech Career Tech Facilitator 80 R80 Y LEAPS
Special Assignment Non-Classroom Special Assign Non-Classroom
90 R90 Y LEAPS
Special Assignment Academic Special Assignment Academic 95 R95 Y LEAPS
Standardized Test
Standardized Tests are assigned to students under Students | Student Maintenance. View a student and select
Standardized Test under the Manage menu on the left.
Name Code ST Code NCES System Export
Alabama HS Graduation Exam AHSGE AHSGE N InFocus AHSGE Results
ACT ACT ACT N CRDC1&2
SAT SAT SAT N CRDC1&2
Terms
Terms are named at the user’s discretion. However, State Codes for terms are required for LEAPS reporting. A Term’s
State Code should be a single numeric digit (1-9).
Periods
Periods are named at the user’s discretion. However, State Codes for periods are required for LEAPS reporting. A
period’s State Code should be a numeric digit (0-99).
Class Section
Class Section must be a 2-digit number. Valid section codes are (01-99).
Transportation Code (Locked)
Transportation codes are hard-coded and may not be changed. These are assigned to students on the Student record |
School tab, in the Transportation section.
Name ST Code System Export
Non-Transported NT Y
Transported T Y
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Custom Fields
Custom Fields are provided for users to enter customized codes for use with student or staff data entry. Custom Field
data is entered in the student record on the Custom tab.
The codes listed below are state-required and will come preinstalled with the program. Users may add additional Custom
Fields as desired for data collection.
Note: If a Custom Field listed below is not available, do not add without contacting Chalkable Support.
Custom Fields – Bus
Category Name Description
Data Type
Default Value
Max Length System
Bus
Details Bus Type The type of bus List 1 Y
Bus
Details Type of Fuel
Type of fuel used by the
bus List 1 Y
Bus
Details Inspected by TNDS
Indicates whether the bus
has a current inspection
by the TN Department of
Safety Yes/No No 1 Y
Bus
Details Privately Owned
Indicates whether the bus
is privately owned Yes/No No 1 Y
Bus
Details Wheelchair Lifts
Indicates whether the bus
has wheelchair lifts Yes/No No 1 Y
Bus
Details Commercial Advertising
Indicates whether there is
commercial advertising
on the bus Yes/No No 1 Y
Bus
Details Involved Accident
Indicates whether the bus
has been involved in an
accident Number 1 Y
Bus
Details Occupant Restraints
Indicates whether the bus
is equipped with
occupant restraints Yes/No No 1 Y
Bus
Details Two-way Communication
Indicates whether the bus
has two-way
communications Yes/No No 1 Y
Bus
Details Audio Video Surveillance
Indicates whether the bus
has audio/video
surveillance Yes/No No 1 Y
Bus
Details GPS System
Indicates whether the bus
has a GPS system Yes/No No 1 Y
Bus
Details Air Conditioning
Indicates whether the bus
has air conditioning Yes/No No 1 Y
Bus
Details Daily Miles
Miles the bus is driven
each day Number 4 Y
Custom Fields – Course
Category Name Description St Code Export
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Category Name Description St Code Export
Transcript Core Core Course CORE XAP Transcript
CRDC NCES Code NCES SCED Code CRDC1&2
Custom Fields – District
Category Name Description St Code Export
CRDC Desegregation LEA is covered by a desegregation order or plan Deseg CRDC1
CRDC KG All LEA offers Kindergarten to all students KGALL CRDC1
CRDC KG Full Day LEA offers Full-Day Kindergarten KGFD CRDC1
CRDC KG Full Day Paid LEA offers Full-Day Kindergarten Paid KGFDPD CRDC1
CRDC KG Part Day LEA offers Part-Day Kindergarten KGPD CRDC1
CRDC KG Part Day Paid LEA offers Part-Day Kindergarten Paid KGPDPD CRDC1
CRDC PK Full Day LEA offers Full-Day PK PKFD CRDC1
CRDC PK Full Day Paid LEA offers Full-Day PK Paid PKFDPD CRDC1
CRDC PK Part Day LEA offers Part-Day PK PKPD CRDC1
CRDC PK Part Day Paid LEA offers Part-Day PK Paid PKPDPD CRDC1
CRDC PK All LEA offers PK to all students PKALL CRDC1
CRDC PK IDEA LEA offers PK to IDEA students PIDEA CRDC1
CRDC PK Title I LEA offers PK in Title I schools PKTI CRDC1
CRDC PK Low Income LEA offers PK to low income students PKLI CRDC1
CRDC PK Other LEA offers PK to other students (comment required) PKOTH CRDC1
CRDC PK Other
Comment Required comment when 'PK Other' is selected POCOM CRDC1
CRDC PK age 0 2 LEA offers PK to non-IDEA age 0-2 PA02 CRDC1
CRDC PK age 0 2 IDEA LEA offers PK to IDEA age 0-2 PA02IDE
A CRDC1
CRDC PK age 3 LEA offers PK to non-IDEA age 3 PA3 CRDC1
CRDC PK age 4 LEA offers PK to non-IDEA age 4 PA4 CRDC1
CRDC PK age 5 LEA offers PK to non-IDEA age 5 PA5 CRDC1
CRDC Policy Sexual LEA has a written policy prohibiting
harassment/bullying on basis of sex POSEX CRDC1
CRDC Policy Race
LEA has a written policy prohibiting
harassment/bullying on basis of race, color or
national origin
PORAC CRDC1
CRDC Policy Disability LEA has a written policy prohibiting
harassment/bullying on basis of disability PODIS CRDC1
CRDC HB Web Link Harassment and Bullying Policy Web Link HBURL CRDC1
Custom Fields – School Category Name Description UserFieldValue
table State Code Export
CRDC Interscholastic
Athletics
The school has an
athletic program N/a INATH CRDC2
CRDC CRDC Part II
Comment
School Comments
for CRDC part 2 P2COM CRDC2
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Category Name Description UserFieldValue table
State Code Export
CRDC GT Courses Gifted/Talented
courses offered’ GTC CRDC1
CRDC AP Courses
Advanced
Placement courses
offered
APC CRDC1
CRDC AP Student Choice
Students allowed
to enroll in AP
courses without
recommendation
or other criteria
(excluding pre-
requisites)
APSC CRDC1
CRDC Single Sex Courses
Co-ed school
offers Single-sex
courses
(excluding phys-
ed)
SSC CRDC1
CRDC Disability Focus
This school focus
primarily on
serving the needs
of special
education students
DISFOC CRDC1
CRDC Magnet
This school is
either a magnet
school or a school
operating a
magnet program
within the school
MAGNET CRDC1
CRDC Charter This school is a
charter school CHARTER CRDC1
CRDC Ability Grouping
This school
groups students
by ability
ABILGROUP CRDC1
CRDC Alternative
Type of
Alternative
School
User Field Values:
(Code/NCES Code =
Name)
1/Academic = Academic
2/Discipline = Discipline
4/Both = Academic and
Discipline
ALTERN CRDC1
CRDC Alternative Comment Alternative
School Comments ACOMM CRDC1
CRDC PK age 3
School offers PK
for 3 yr old
students
SPKA3 CRDC1
CRDC PK age 4
School offers PK
for 4 yr old
students
SPKA4 CRDC1
CRDC PK age 5
School offers PK
for 5 yr old
students
SPKA5 CRDC1
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Category Name Description UserFieldValue table
State Code Export
CRDC Ungraded Elementary
School is
ungraded
elementary
UGELEM CRDC1
CRDC Ungraded Middle School is
ungraded middle UGMID CRDC1
CRDC Ungraded High School is
ungraded high UGHIGH CRDC1
CRDC Corporal Punishment
School uses
Corporal
Punishment
CORP CRDC2
CRDC Credit Recovery School offers
credit recovery CRRECOV CRDC2
Custom Fields – Staff
Category Name Description UserFieldValue table
State Code Export
CRDC Career Start Teaching career start date CARST CRDC1
CRDC Certified Teacher meets all state
licensing/certification
requirements
CERT CRDC1
CRDC District
Coordinator
Title IX
District Coordinator Title
IX
TitleIX CRDC
CRDC District
Coordinator
Title VI
District Coordinator Title
VI
TitleVI CRDC
CRDC District
Coordinator
Title II 504
District Coordinator Title II
504
TitleII CRDC
Custom Fields – Student
Category Name Description Value St Code Export
Billing† Billing Status Active
Inactive
A
I
Billing
Billing† Auto Billing Disabled
Enabled
E
D
Billing
College
and Career
Ready
(CCRS)
AP Attainment Students must have
attained a passing
benchmark score for
each assessment
Disabled
College
and Career
Ready
(CCRS)
IB Attainment Students must have
attained a passing
benchmark score for
each assessment
Disabled
College
and Career
Ready
(CCRS)
ACT
Attainment
Students must have
attained a passing
benchmark score for
each assessment
Disabled
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Category Name Description Value St Code Export
College
and Career
Ready
(CCRS)
College Credit
Attainment
Student shall attain at
least one transcript
college credit
n/a
College
and Career
Ready
(CCRS)
Career Tech
Credential
Attainment
Student shall receive
at least one career
tech credit
Disabled
College
and Career
Ready
(CCRS)
Workkeys
Attainment
n/a Disabled
College
and Career
Ready
(CCRS)
Accepted for
Active Military
n/a n/a
CRDC Non LEA
Facility
Receives services in a
Non LEA facility
NLEAF CRDC1
Exit Exit Type (X-00) Not Applicable to
student
(G-01) HS Diploma
(G-02) HS Diploma Adv
Endorsement
(NG-04) Special Education
Graduation Certificate
(NG-05) Occupational
Diploma
(G-06) HS Diploma CTE
Endorsement
(G-07) HS Diploma Adv
CTE Endorsement
(NG-09) Exited document
other than diploma – GED
(X-10) Foreign Exchange
Student – Not Toward
Degree
(NG-11) Retained in 12th
grade (SpEd to 21 ONLY)
(NG-12) Failed to complete
credit requirements
(G-14) HS Diploma Adv
Academic & Adv CTE
Endorsements
00
01
02
04
05
06
07
09
10
11
12
13
14
SDE
Exit Student Exit
Interview
n/a n/a
Foreign
Exchange
Diploma Status Non foreign exchange
student
Foreign exchange not
working toward
10
30
SDE
LEP EL No Formal
Schooling
n/a n/a
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Category Name Description Value St Code Export
LEP EL Waived
Title III
Services
n/a n/a
No Show No Show
Reason
Inactive due to non-return in
fall
Inactive due to withdrawal
during the summer
1
2
DAISI
No Show No Show
Reason Date
n/a DAISI
Personal 21st CCLC n/a n/a SDE
Personal Athlete Active student athletic
participant
n/a n/a n/a
Personal Advanced
Diploma
n/a SDE
Personal Age
Equivalency
n/a DAISI
Personal Career
Advanced
n/a SDE
Personal Career Tech n/a SDE
Personal CEIS Date n/a n/a DAISI
Personal Immigrant No
Formal
Schooling
n/a n/a SDE
Personal Nom Phlote National origin
minority student
whose primary home
language is not
English
n/a SDE
Personal Other
Educational
Barrier
n/a SDE
Personal Resident
District
n/a DAISI
Personal Single Parent n/a SDE
Personal Approved Four
Year Plan
9th Graders and above
have approved Four
Year Plan
n/a
Personal Country of
Origin
Fed Program Tab
Fields
SDE
Preschool Head Start
(state code =
HeadStr)
Head Start
Blank
Yes, 1 year
Yes, less than 1 year
Yes, more than 1 year
No
YEAR
LESS
MORE
NO
PreK Services
and Programs
Preschool First Class
Funded
Preschool
(state code =
StFundPre)
First Class Funded
Preschool
Blank
Yes, 1 year
Yes, less than 1 year
Yes, more than 1 year
No
YEAR
LESS
MORE
NO
PreK Services
and Programs
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Category Name Description Value St Code Export
Preschool Center Based
Child Care
(State code =
CenBasePre)
Center Based Child
Care
Blank
Yes, 1 year
Yes, less than 1 year
Yes, more than 1 year
No
YEAR
LESS
MORE
NO
PreK Services
and Programs
Preschool Home Based
Child Care
(state code =
HomBasePre)
Home Based Child
Care
Blank
Yes, 1 year
Yes, less than 1 year
Yes, more than 1 year
No
YEAR
LESS
MORE
NO
PreK Services
and Programs
Preschool Home
Visitation
Program
(State Code =
HIPPY)
Home Visitation
Program
Blank
Yes, 1 year
Yes, less than 1 year
Yes, more than 1 year
No
YEAR
LESS
MORE
NO
PreK Services
and Programs
Preschool Other
Preschool
(State Code =
OtherPre)
Other Preschool Blank
Yes, 1 year
Yes, less than 1 year
Yes, more than 1 year
No
YEAR
LESS
MORE
NO
PreK Services
and Programs
Preschool No Preschool
(NoPreschl)
No Preschool
n/a
YEAR
LESS
MORE
NO
PreK Services
and Programs
Preschool Pre-School
Special
Education Self-
contained Class
Pre-School Special
Education Self-
contained Class
Blank
Yes
No
YES
NO
PreK Services
and Programs
Preschool LEA Inclusion
Class
LEA Inclusion Class Blank
Yes
No
YES
NO
PreK Services
and Programs
Title I School Wide School Wide
Programs
n/a SDE
Title I Language Arts
Reading
n/a SDE
Title I Mathematics n/a SDE
Title I Other n/a SDE
Title I Science n/a SDE
Title I Social Studies n/a SDE
Title I Health/Dental/
Eyecare
TA-Support Service n/a SDE
Title I Supporting
guidance/advoc
acy
TA-Support Service n/a SDE
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Category Name Description Value St Code Export
Title I Other TSS TA-Support Service n/a SDE
Transcript 9th Grade Entry
Date
Date student entered
9th grade
n/a 9GED XAP Transcript
Custom Fields – Student Schedule
Category Name Description UserFieldValue table State Code
Export
CRDC AP Exam Participant Will take the AP
exam for this AP
section
N/a APEXM CRDC2
CRDC Credit Recovery This course is a
credit recovery
course
RECOV CRDC2
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Data Entry and Setup
Attendance
Settings Tab
In order for InformationNOW to calculate daily attendance per established guidelines, the following settings should be
entered on the attendance settings tab. To enter these criteria, go to Attendance | Setup. Click the Settings tab.
• Attendance Unit: Select the Percentage of Minutes Absent option.
• All Day: Enter 51
• Half Day: Enter 50.99
• Tardy Day: Enter 0.01
• Skip Reason: Select the Absence Reason to be assigned to students who are marked as missing from the
teacher Grade Book.
• All Period: Enter 51
• Half Period: Enter 50.99
• Tardy Period: Enter 0.01
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• Daily Tardy Assignment: Specify the type of Tardy record(s) to be assigned to students based on checking
in late or leaving early.
o Never Allow Tardy Records: No daily tardy record will be created regardless of a check in/check out.
o Only Allow Tardy Records for Late Arrival: When a student receives a check in record, the program
will determine if the student only has a check in record for the day. If the number of minutes missed is
calculated as a tardy and the student has a check in only for the day, a daily tardy record will be created.
o Only Allow Tardy Records for Early Leave: When a student receives a check out record, the program
will determine if the student only has a check out record for the day. If the number of minutes missed is
calculated as a tardy and the student has a check out only for the day, a daily tardy record will be created.
o Always Allow Tardy Records: This option is selected by default as it reflects the tardy attendance
calculation prior to the summer 2009 update. If the program determines that the student qualifies for a tardy
record, a record is created regardless of whether the student checked in our checked out.
Note: In all cases, the reason used will be the reason associated with the CICO record. The Reconcile
Attendance routine will also use these settings when calculating attendance portions.
Attendance Months
To generate the monthly attendance register, the attendance months must be established.
• Go to School/District | School. hs
• Search for and select to View the school.
• Click the Acad. Sessions tab.
• If necessary, select the appropriate year from the list and click Refresh.
• Click to View the academic session.
• Select the Attendance Month option under the Manage menu on the left.
• Click to Add a month.
o Name: Enter the month name (ex. August or Month 1)
o Start Date: Enter the Start Date or click the ellipsis button to select the date from the calendar view.
o End Date: Enter the End Date or click the ellipsis button to select the date from the calendar view.
o Is Locked: Check if the month is locked. Modifications to attendance records are not allowed if a month
is locked.
o For Alabama customers these months are set to include 20 in session days. Holidays or breaks are not
included.
• Click Create.
• Continue adding all attendance months.
• After creating attendance months at one school, they can be pushed to other schools using the Mgmt Console | Console | Share School Setup option.
Career Tech Tracking
A course will automatically be flagged as a Career Tech class if the appropriate course State Code is assigned under
Scheduling | Master Schedule. The State Code must be a Career Tech Course Number. Assigning a Career Tech-
associated course State Code is the only way to flag a course as a Career Tech course.
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Students must then be assigned an Average and a Status for each of their career course classes. To edit the information
for a student, go to Students | Student Maintenance.
• Search for and select to View a student.
• Click the Schedule option under the Manage menu at left.
• Click to View the Career Tech class.
• Two fields will display only if the class section has been given a Career Tech State ID number:
o Average: Enter the student’s average for the selected course. This field will be automatically populated
when grades are posted.
o Status: Status options are Passed (State Code 20) or Failed (State Code 30). Based on the grade posted for
the student, this field will automatically be populated if the correct grading scale has been assigned to the
course section.
To determine if a student has passed or failed, InformationNOW will refer to the grading scale assigned to the course
section.
• Letter Grade: If a letter grade is posted for the student and the letter grade in the grading scale is set to Credit
= Yes, the student will be marked as passed. Otherwise, the student will be marked as failed.
• Numeric Grade: If the numeric grade is within the Low/High range on the grading scale of a grade that is set
to Credit = Yes, the student will be marked as passed. Otherwise the student will be marked as failed.
Note: If the average is greater than maximum-failed grade then it is considered a passing grade. If no
section grading scale is defined, the status will be blank for that section. If a student is currently
withdrawn from a section, the average will be 0.00 and the status will be set to Withdrew (State Code
10).
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Scheduling
Master Schedule
State Course Number and Class Type To access the Master Schedule, go to Scheduling | Master Schedule.
• The State Course Number is a pre-populated drop-list. This field is required. All valid courses and sections must
have a valid state course number. The list will be updated each year through an import under Utilities | State Imports | SDE Files tab. The ALSDE will automatically push down new Valid Course files as they become
available. The State Course Number appears in the format of State Course Number – Subject Description.
• Class Type is a pre-populated drop-list. This field is required for both the Valid Course file and the Master
Schedule. The Class Type is inherited from the valid course file but may be changed on the individual sections
in the Master Schedule. The Class Type field will not be active until the state course number is assigned.
Teacher Role Staff roles should be created and assigned to the assigned teacher under the section in the Master Schedule.
To create the staff role, go to Scheduling | Setup. Select Staff Role from the lookup list and click Refresh. Click to
Add a new role.
• To assign a role to a teacher, to go Scheduling | Master Schedule.
• Search for and select to View a section. Once a teacher has been assigned to the section, click the Teacher link
to edit the record of the teacher.
• Click to View the teacher record.
• Assign the appropriate Role to this teacher for this course section.
Class Type / Staff Role Combinations
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YES = Acceptable
Combination STAFF ROLE
NO = Not an
Acceptable
Combination
R10 R20 R30 R31 R40 * R50 R55 * R60 R70 R80 * R90 R95
CLASS TYPE
1st
Primar
y
Teach
er in
Classr
oom
2nd
Primar
y
Teach
er in
Classr
oom
Specia
l
Educa
tion
Collab
orativ
e
Teach
er
ELL
Collab
orativ
e
Teach
er
Distan
ce
Learni
ng
Facilit
ator
Classr
oom
Resou
rce
Teach
er
Part-
Time
Adjun
ct
Instru
ctor
Long
Term
Substi
tute
Dual
Enroll
ment
Instru
ctor
Dual
Enroll
ment
Facilit
ator
Specia
l
Assign
ment
Non-
Classr
oom
Specia
l
Assign
ment
Acade
mic
C10
Standard Class taught
by teacher in
classroom
YES
YES -
2ND
TEACH
ER
ONLY
YES -
2ND
TEACH
ER
ONLY
YES -
2ND
TEACH
ER
ONLY
NO
YES -
2ND
TEACH
ER
ONLY
YES -
2ND
TEACH
ER
ONLY
YES NO NO NO NO
C15 Credit Recovery YES
YES -
2ND
TEACH
ER
ONLY
YES -
2ND
TEACH
ER
ONLY
YES -
2ND
TEACH
ER
ONLY
NO
YES -
2ND
TEACH
ER
ONLY
YES -
2ND
TEACH
ER
ONLY
YES NO NO NO NO
C20
Distance Learning Class
- ACCESS - WEB-based
(including ACCESS
credit recovery)
NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
C30 Distance Learning Class
- ACCESS - Receive IVC NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
C40 Distance Learning Class
- ACCESS - Send IVC YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
C50
Distance Learning Class
- Receive IVC within
LEA
NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
C60
Distance Learning Class
- Web-based LEA
purchased (Vendor
provided Instructor)
NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
C65
Distance Learning Class
- Web-based LEA
purchased (LEA
Provided Instructor)
YES
YES -
2ND
TEACH
ER
ONLY
YES -
2ND
TEACH
ER
ONLY
YES -
2ND
TEACH
ER
ONLY
NO
YES -
2ND
TEACH
ER
ONLY
YES -
2ND
TEACH
ER
ONLY
YES NO NO NO NO
C70
Distance Learning Class
- Dual Enrollment Class
taken from a college or
university
NO NO NO NO YES NO NO NO YES YES NO NO
C80
Dual Enrollment Class
taken from a college or
university
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES YES NO NO
C90
Career Tech Dual
Enrollment class taken
from a postsecondary
institution
NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES YES NO NO
C95 Non-Academic special
Assignment NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES NO
C96 Academic special
Assignment NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO YES YES
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Note: Additional teachers may be assigned to a course. From the section screen, click the Teacher
link. Click to Add additional teachers. Additional teachers should also be assigned the appropriate
Role for the selected class. * These staff roles do not require these staff to hold certification.
Valid Course Changes
State Course Number and Class Type To access the Valid Course file, go to Scheduling | Valid Courses.
• The State Course Number is a pre-populated drop-list. This field is required. All valid courses and sections must
have a valid state course number. The ALSDE will automatically push down new Valid Course files as they
become available. The list can also be updated each year through an import under Utilities | State Imports | SDE Files tab. The State Course Number appears in the format of State Course Number – Subject Description.
A new file will be available for import each school year.
• Class Type is a pre-populated drop-list. This field is required for both the Valid Course file and the Master
Schedule. The Class Type is inherited from the valid course file but may be changed on the individual sections
in the Master Schedule. The Class Type field will not be active until the state course number is assigned.
Tracking Online Course Requirements
In order for Met Online Requirements to print on transcripts, the following must be set up:
Goals Sought
A Goal Sought must be created. Go to System Preferences | Setup | Goals Sought | Refresh.
• Goal Name is a required field. Enter MetOnlineRequirement or similar description.
• GPA Method is a required field. Select appropriate GPA Method.
• Select Print on Transcript.
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• Once the user clicks Create, the Add buttons on the bottom of the screen become active to allow entry of
Course Type and Standardized Test, which are both optional (for more information on how to use Course Type
and Standardized Tests requirements, see the InformationNOW – Goals Quick Reference Guide).
• Click OK to save.
Assigning Goals Sought
In order for this goal to print on a student’s transcript, the user must assign it to the student.
To assign goal to an individual student:
• Go to Students | Student Maintenance.
• Search for and view the student.
• Click Goals Sought under Manage.
• All goals, including the MetOnlineRequirement goal, will appear on this screen. Put a check beside the
MetOnlineRequirement goal.
• Click OK to save.
To assign the goal to a group of students:
• Go to Students | Mass Manage | Student Goals/Career Plans. This will open a wizard.
• Use the wizard to select the students to whom the goal is to be assigned.
• Select the goal to assign (Note: It is not necessary to check Set as Diploma or Replace and Clear Existing
Goal/Plan).
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• Start Date is a required field, but it will not be used unless Set as Diploma and/or Replace and Clear Existing
Goal/Plan are checked.
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After the goal has been assigned to students, it can be printed on the transcript by checking the box to Display Goals
when printing a transcript.
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State Enrollment
Data Flow
Below is a flow chart illustrating the movement of school data when State enrollment is available.
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Below is a flow chart illustrating the movement of school data when State Enrollment is NOT available.
New enrollment and withdrawal actions will be added to InformationNOW in order to support the various statuses that
currently exist in state enrollment. The enrollment codes in the following section are hidden and cannot be selected when
enrolling or withdrawing students. These codes are used by the State Enrollment program only.
Enroll a Student
When a user clicks the Enrollment menu item, for installations with State Enrollment enabled, a search screen will
appear with two options to search (if a connection to State Enrollment can be established). In the event that no
connection to State Enrollment is available, the user will only have a single search button called Search that will allow
them to search the InformationNOW database.
When the connection to State Enrollment is available, the system will require that the user enter at least one search
criteria before continuing in order to reduce the time it takes to retrieve data from State Enrollment. When searching the
InformationNOW database (no connection available) the system will not impose this constraint.
When enrolling a student always do “Search District” first. If the student isn’t found then do “Search State”.
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Once the search has completed, the user will be presented with a list of students that meet their criteria. In the case of
searching State Enrollment, a maximum of 200 users will be returned and those results will not be paged. When
InformationNOW is searched, the results are paged with 50 results to a page.
The Add button will be used to create and enroll a brand new student. Only use this option when a student is not found
in Search District or Search State enrollment. The Enroll button will be disabled until a user selects someone from
the list.
The user may either click the Search Criteria link to return to the search screen, or choose someone from the list and
click Enroll to enroll an existing person/student; or click the Add button to enroll a new person into InformationNOW.
If Enroll or Add are selected, the following will display:
If the user selected someone from the previous search results screen, that person’s information will be populated on the
screen, otherwise the information will be blank.
User must complete a minimum of all required fields which are indicated with an asterisk (*) and click Enroll. The
system will perform validation and enroll the student in InformationNOW. If the connection to State Enrollment is
established, some duplicate checks will be made and some other data will be synchronized through State Enrollment,
including SSID. If a duplicate is found, the user will be presented with an error message and not be allowed to continue.
The user will be returned to the enrollment search results screen. You do not want to create duplicate enrollments.
Users may edit and delete enrollment and withdrawal records from this screen. Edits to enrollment and/or withdrawal
entries will not be reported to State Enrollment Locator, but deletions will be reported.
Withdraw a Student
To withdraw a student, go to Students | Student Maintenance. Search for and select to View a student. Click the
Enrollment tab.
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Bullet the appropriate enrollment entry record and click Withdraw. The withdrawal screen will display for the user to
complete. If there is currently no connection to State Enrollment, the withdraw action will be automatically assigned a
W97. Otherwise, the user may choose from the appropriate options. Locators will be updated if State Enrollment is
available.
No Show Students
Users may mark enrolled students by group or individually as No Show students. No Show students are students who had
intended to go to a particular school, identified through registration in InformationNOW, but did not show up to attend
that school. Typically, schools enroll students as part of the start-of-year process and then make corrections for No
Shows per district or state policy.
To mark a student as a No Show, perform the following steps:
• To mark a student as a No Show, go to Students | Student Maintenance.
• Search for and select to View the student.
• Click the Enrollment tab.
• When the user selects an enrollment item from the student's enrollment history, the No Show button will
become enabled and allow the user to mark them as a No Show. This action is only available for the student's
initial enrollment into a school. If any other enrollment actions have occurred, withdrawals and/or
reenrollments, the student may not be marked as a No Show. If the student must be marked as a No Show and
they have withdrawal and/or reenrollment records, those records must be deleted, leaving only the original
enrollment record. Then the user may select the enrollment record and mark the student as a No Show.
• Once the No Show button is clicked, a screen pops up allowing the user to enter a date and the reason for No
Show: Non-return in the Fall (student is enrolled to attend the school but DOES NOT ATTEND on the FIRST
DAY OF SCHOOL), or select appropriate Withdrawn code listed (student advises that he/she is not returning to
the school PRIOR to the first day of the school year).
• After selecting the reason, click the OK button and the system will delete the selected Enrollment record in
InformationNOW and put the student into a Registered status. No Show students will be considered as students
who have a status of registered and who were not enrolled during the academic session.
• The No Show available is controlled by the academic year and end date under School/District | District |
Enrollment tab | No Shows section.
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Mass No Shows Students
To mark groups of students as No Show’s, perform the following steps:
• To mark a student as a No Show, go to Students | No Shows (existing No Show records will display).
• Click on Add to select students to mark as No Show.
Users may search for Currently Enrolled Students and/or Registered students.
• Select students and then click on Next.
• Enter date and reason for No Show records.
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When InformationNOW is installed with State Enrollment enabled, additional logic will need to be performed per State
Enrollment. If no connection can be made to State Enrollment, the user is not allowed to mark a student as No Show. If
the user selects No Show, and a connection cannot be established, an error message will display.
If a connection can be established, the State Enrollment Locator will be queried to ensure that State Enrollment believes
the student is present in the district. If the student is not, an error will be presented to the user and the process will end. If
the student is found in the district, InformationNOW will handle the No Show as mentioned above and State Enrollment
will be notified of the change either through a delete or an update. Update will be sent if State Enrollment Locator shows
a value in the student's last enrollment code; otherwise a delete message will be sent.
Revisiting Incomplete Enrollments
When users are members of the Enrollment Clerk group login to InformationNOW, they will be presented with a State
Enrollment, Enrollment Maintenance wizard that will guide them through some cleanup tasks regarding any of the in-
progress enrollment items; i.e., items with a status of E97/E98/E99 or W97. In order to prevent multiple users of the
same group from processing the same students, the wizard will implement a form of locking that will only allow one
Enrollment Clerk user, per school, to be running the wizard at one time.
Users will only be shown the wizard steps that actually need user input. For example, if there are no E97 or W97
students, then the second step in the wizard will be skipped. If a connection error occurs prior to the start of the wizard,
the wizard will not display. If a connection interruption is experienced during the wizard, the wizard will display an error
detailing this to the user and the Back and Next buttons will be replaced with a Cancel button. The Cancel button
will terminate the wizard and return the user to the home page of InformationNOW.
The user will first be presented with a dialog identifying students who now have SSID’s available for assignment.
Once the user clicks Next, the SSID’s will be assigned to the student and the user will be presented with any students
who currently have an enrollment action (status) of E97 or W97.
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The list of actions will be appropriate to the particular enrollment class (E or W) of the student in the list. It will only
contain actions that the users have defined in the system.
From here, the user will be able to update each student with a new Enrollment Action through the grid. Once the user
selects a new action for each student in the list, the Next button will become enabled and the user will be allowed to
continue by clicking Next.
The user will then be presented with a list of students who are currently assigned an Enrollment Action of E98. If all
E98’s must be resolved before continuing, the user must update the Enrollment Action of every student in the list before
Next is available. Otherwise, the user may continue without updating every student. If the user does not resolve all
students, the wizard will display on their next login.
The user will choose a student from the list and click Enroll. From this point the user will continue through the
enrollment process similar to the process that is already in place for E98 students with the exception that the user must
change the student's Enrollment Action from E98 to a valid Enrollment Action.
When the user clicks Next, the system will check for any E99 students that exist in the scope of the user's school.
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The user will need to process each outgoing E99 student by selecting them from the list and clicking the Withdraw
button. When Withdraw is selected, the user will follow the Withdraw flow defined in the section “Data Flow”
beginning on page 38. The Locator will be updated and then the user will be taken to a screen with incoming E99
students. Once all outgoing E99 students are withdrawn, Next will be enabled for the user to continue.
The list of actions will consist of only actions that relate to enrolling students. The user will select the appropriate
Enrollment Action(s) for each of the students and then click Finish. Finish will be disabled until all students have been
given an Action. At this point the Locator will be updated and the user will be transferred to the InformationNOW
home page.
Assigning Temporary Social Security Numbers
Each child enrolled in an Alabama public school Grades Kindergarten through 12 shall have a Social Security Number
and a valid Social Security Card to be presented to school official(s) at pre-registration/registration for verification and
returned to child/parent/guardian/custodian. For each student who is otherwise entitled to admittance but does not have a
Social Security Number, the local superintendent or agency shall assign a temporary number in accordance with the
directions as specified by the State Department of Education. The temporary identification number shall be uniquely
assigned as follows:
• Must be nine numeric digits (the same number of digits as the Social Security Number).
• Reading from left to right, position 1 must be a 9.
• Position 2 must be the last digit of the calendar year; for example, this is 2017 and therefore position 2 is 7.
• Positions 3, 4, and 5 represent the unique 3 digit system number assigned by the State Department of Education;
for example, Montgomery County is 051 and Huntsville City is 159.
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• Positions 6, 7, 8, and 9 represent a sequential number beginning with 0001 each January 1. This allows 9,999
temporary numbers to be assigned each year by each local education agency.
Must be a
9
Must be the last
digit of the
calendar year
Must be the unique 3 digit system number
assigned by the State Department of Education
Sequential number beginning with 0001
each January 1. This allows 9,999
temporary numbers to be assigned each
year by each local education agency.
9 X X - X X - X X X X
Other Items
Federal Student Tab
To enter federal-related data for students, perform the following steps:
• Go to Students | Student Maintenance.
• Search for and select to View a student.
• Click the Federal Program tab.
• The setting made to this screen will overwrite any fields with the same name on the Misc and Custom tabs.
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Home Schooled Athletes
A new Non Traditional School Type field has been added to the student Custom tab for AHSAA requirement to
designate home-schooled students who will participate in athletics.
Special Schools
There are three types of special schools that some districts will need to add based on their local requirements.
School Name School Number Export
Bed Count 3999 SDE
Preschool 0000 SDE
Private 4999 SDE
*All of these schools must be marked to Report to State.
Bed Count (3999)
• A Bed Count school is used by the fiscal agent (LEA) of a Specialized Treatment Center (STC) to record
the licensed bed count for ETF appropriations.
• The homeroom number must be numeric and must be 7 characters long and is assigned by the ALSDE.
• Social Security Numbers are required and are to be created using instructions found in the Temporary
Social Security Numbers section of this document.
• Student Last Name should be the word “Bed” followed by the sequential number assigned in the social
security number.
• Race = any race
• Gender = M or F
• Grade Level = 01. Any grade other than “01” could cause fewer teacher units to be earned based on that
grade divisor.
• Date of Birth = January 1 of the current decade. Example: 01/01/2000
• There can be no Special Education data associated with a “Bed” record
• These students are counted in the ADM (Average Daily Membership) report. Only grade level 01 will be
included.
Preschool (0000)
• If a school does not have a preschool program and a free appropriate public education (FAPE) for a preschool
student is provided in other locations (child care center, home, etc.), the preschool student may be assigned to
the school in which the child is zoned or the School Code 0000. Public agencies should use the chosen code
consistently. Preschool students receiving a FAPE should not be assigned to the School Code 4999.
Attendance documentation that special education and related services were being provided on October 1 for
students assigned to School Code 0000 is required.
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• Grade Level 97 for 2 year olds
• Grade Level 98 for 3 year olds
• Grade Level 99 for 4-5 year olds
Shared Service/Child Count Only (4999) – (Private School)
• School systems providing equitable special education and related services for students located in another school
system (public or private - including home-schooled students if the system has determined through its LEA Plan
to provide services to these students) should assign these students to School Code 4999 (Child Count-shared
services/Child Count only). School Code 4999 is to be used to report Child Count only. This includes preschool
age children with disabilities who have been parentally placed in a private school that meets the definition of an
elementary school in Alabama.
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Index
A
Absence Reasons 2
AL Lookup (Codes) 1
Assigning Goals Sought 35
Assigning Temporary Social Security Numbers 45
Attendance 29
Attendance Months 30
C
Career Tech Status (Locked) 2
Career Tech Tracking 30
Class Section 20
Class Type (Locked) 2
Custom Fields 21
Custom Fields - Bus 21
Custom Fields - Course 21
Custom Fields - District 22
Custom Fields - School 22
Custom Fields - Staff 24
Custom Fields - Student 24
Custom Fields - Student Schedule 28
D
Data Entry and Setup 29
Data Flow 38
Difficulty Level 3
Discipline Locations (Locked) 3
Dispositions 3
District Services 5
Document Revisions 1
E
Enroll a Student 39
Enrollment Code (Locked) 5
Enrollment Reason (Locked) 5
Exit Types (Locked) 7
F
Federal Student Tab 46
G
Gender (Locked) 7
Goals Sought 34
Grade Level (Locked) 8
H
Home Schooled Athletes 47
Homeless Status (Locked) 8
I
Immunization Type 9
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Infractions (Discipline) 9
L
Language (Locked) 11
Least Restrictive Environment (LRE) (Locked) 15
Level of English Proficiency (LEP) (Locked) 15
Lunch (Locked) 16
Lunch Certification (Locked) 17
M
Mass No Shows Students 42
Master Schedule 32
Migrant (Locked) 17
N
No Show Students 41
O
Other Items 46
Outcome (District Service Outcome) 17
Overview 1
P
Periods 20
R
Race Codes (Locked) 17
Revisiting Incomplete Enrollments 43
S
Scheduling 32
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Service Type (for District Services) 18
Settings Tab 29
Special Ed Exceptionality (Locked) 18
Special Ed Exit Reason (Locked) 18
Special Ed Status (Locked) 19
Special Schools 47
Staff Classification 19
Staff Role (Locked) 19
Standardized Test 20
State Enrollment 38
T
Terms 20
Tracking Online Course Requirements 34
Transportation Code (Locked) 20
V
Valid Course Changes 34
W
Withdraw a Student 40