Effective: November 12, 2000
Revised: October 2, 2000

1.	The presence of LOW-VALUES in data fields causes significant problems for several institutions in the receipt of student records. Please use some other appropriate character (e.g., SPACES) with which to initialize your records before sending them.

Field Characteristics: A = Alphabetic only A/N = Alphameric N = Numeric only Z = Zoned numeric P = Packed decimal R = Right justified with leading zeros L = Left justified				Format Characteristics: Name: 2000-2001 Remarks Segment Format for Postsecondary Transcript Number: P04 Effective Date: November 12, 2000 Record Size: 1020
1	1-3	3	A/N	Record Type* This is the record type for this transaction. This value will always be "P04".
2	4-13	10	A/N/L	Social Security Number* The student's social security number
	4-12	9	N	Social Security Number
	13-13	1	A/N	Filler
3	14-19	6	N	Term Designator* This is a standard six digit code used to designate the term associated with this remark, if any. If this remark is not associated with any term header, it may be used to place it in proper sequence on the transcript. It may also be left blank. A value of all zeros will be valid if the Remarks record precedes the first Term Record; a value of all nines will be valid only if the record follows the final Course Record. The first four digits are for the year; the last two digits designate a month. For January 1987, a term designator of 198701 would be used. Format: YYYYMM
4	20-20	1	N	Term Tag Number* This is a sequential number assigned to this remark. If this remark segment is to be associated with a header, it will bear the same number as the header. This number will be 0 unless this remark is associated with a header that has a tag number other than 0.
5	21-70	50	A/N	Remark* This is a free form remark.
6	71-1011	941	A/N	Filler
7	1012-1020	9	A/N	Filler Reserved for Local Use