1.	The presence of LOW-VALUES in data fields causes significant problems for several institutions in the receipt of student records. A transaction will be rejected if non-displayable characters are sent in the data unless found in Unique Institutional Identifier or in Filler Reserved for Local Use. Please use some other appropriate character (e.g., SPACES) with which to initialize your records before sending them.
2.	Districts requesting a transcript from a postsecondary institution should use record type P00.
3.	Special characters, tilde (~), caret (^), and grave accent (`), are used as delimiters in the translation of FASTER to SPEEDE/ExPRESS. They are reserved symbols and as such cannot be included in data sent through FASTER to a SPEEDE/ExPRESS institution.

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: 2006-2007 Header Record Format Number: (I/S/P)00 Effective: November 20, 2006 Record Size: 1020
1	1-3	3	A/N	Record Type* The header for the record for this type of request or response transaction Code Definition I00 Interdistrict and Bright Futures Record Transfer S00 Secondary to Postsecondary and Bright Futures Transcript Transfer P00 Postsecondary Transcript Transfer
				SECTION A (Items 2-16c)
2	4-13	10	A/N/L	Primary Student Identifier This is the main identification number for this student/applicant. Depending on the type of transmission, this will be the student's Social Security Number or the student's Student Number Identifier, Florida (which, in many cases, will contain the student's Social Security Number). NOTE: This field is not required on a Request record. However, this field must be filled in by a responding institution unless no match was found.
				Postsecondary Request/Response Formats For these formats, the Primary Student Identifier is coded as follows:
	4-12	9	N	Social Security Number The student's Social Security Number
	13-13	1	A/N	Filler Spaces or the letter "G" indicating a generated identifier.
				Interdistrict and Secondary to Postsecondary Request/Response Formats For these formats, the Primary Student Identifier is coded as follows:
	4-13	10	A/N	Student Number Identifier, Florida If the student has a social security number and provided this number to the school district, the Student Number Identifier, Florida, will have the following format: First 9 digits: the student's Social Security Number; and The 10th digit: the letter "X". If a SPEEDE/ExPRESS institution does not provide a valid social security number or high school student number identifier, the value will be "999999999G". If the student does not provide a Social Security Number to the school district, the school district will assign a Student Number Identifier, Florida, to the student, formatted as follows: First 2 digits NN For any student entering a Florida school district for the first time, the first 2 digits will represent the district of initial entry into the Florida School System. Last 8 digits NNNNNNNN The last digits are district-defined in such a way as to result in a unique student number within the district in which the number is originally assigned.
3	14-24	11	A/N/R	Addressed Institution* The institution to which this request or response is addressed
				Elementary/Secondary Addressee
	14-20	7	N/R	Number of District 01-76 & 78-79  State assigned district number or other agency providing instruction (See Appendix A) 89 Teacher Certification Office 90 Florida Institute for Education 95 Bright Futures Practice or Production, Early or Summer Evaluation 99 ExPRESS
	21-24	4	N/R	Number of School District School 01-76  nnnn Four-byte school number based on current Master School ID File (See Appendix B). On a response, send '0000' in this field only if the original request record had '0000' in the Sending Institution School. 71 0500 Florida On-line Middle School   0600 Florida On-line High School 78 0700 Florida Connections Academy 79 0801 Florida Virtual Academy 89 0000 Teacher Certification Office 90 0000 Florida Institute for Education 95* YYSP Bright Futures Practice or Production, Early or Summer Evaluation YY- two-byte graduation year eg. 07 = the student graduated during the 2007-2008 academic year S- 7 = 7th semester early evaluation 8 = 8th semester evaluation 0 = 0th semester evaluation; used only when submitting Talented 20 transcript for early admit students P- 0 = Practice 1 = Production See Appendix R for edits. 99 0000 ExPRESS 01-67 9001 District Office 01-76 9100 Human Resources Office * A transcript addressed to Talented Twenty must have an addressed institution of 95 with a school number that conforms to the school number values required for Bright Futures. Note: Although they may be flagged as inactive on the Master School ID File, Human Resources will be able to receive requests and send responses.
				Postsecondary Addressee
	14-20	7	N/R	OPEID Number of Institution (See Appendix C)
	21-24	4	N/R	Number of Campus (See Appendix C) Institution Campus 10002 0000 SPEEDE
4	25-35	11	A/N/R	Sending Institution* The institution from which this request or response is sent
				Elementary/Secondary Sender
	25-31	7	N/R	Number of District 01-76 State assigned district number or other agency providing instruction (See Appendix A) 95 Bright Futures Practice or Production, Early or Summer Evaluation 99 ExPRESS
	32-35	4	N/R	Number of School District School 01-76 nnnn Four-byte school number based on current Master School ID File (See Appendix B). Send '0000' in this field only if the record is actually originating from the district office. 71 0500 Florida On-line Middle School   0600 Florida On-line High School 95 YYSP Bright Futures Practice or Production, Early or Summer Evaluation YY- two-byte graduation year eg. 01 = the student graduated during the 2000-2001 academic year S- 7 = 7th semester early evaluation 8 = 8th semester evaluation P- 0 = Practice 1 = Production See Appendix R for edits. 99 0000 ExPRESS
				Postsecondary Sender
	25-31	7	N/R	OPEID Number of Institution (See Appendix C)
	32-35	4	N/R	Number of Campus (See Appendix C) Institution Campus 10002 0000 SPEEDE
5	36-38	3	A/N	Message Type* The type of request/response being made, coded as follows: First Digit Meaning R Requesting B Requesting resend to Bright Futures S Sending in response to an electronic request from another institution Q Sending based on student request X Attempt to send student record was rejected Second-Third Digits NN Message code (for valid codes, see (see Appendix D)
6a	39-39	1	A/N	Test/Production Indicator Indicates whether the data in this transmission is test or production. Code Definition T Test P Production blank Production
6b	40-48	9	A/N	Filler
7	49-60	12	A/N	Institutional Student Number Student's identification number at the sending institution or the applicant’s most recent school
8	61-136	76	A/N/L	Legal Name The student's/applicant’s legal name
	61-77	17	A/N/L	Last Name*
	78-80	3	A/N/L	Appendage
	81-92	12	A/N/L	First Name
	93-102	10	A/N/L	Middle Name or Initial (Middle/Maiden Name or Initial for Interdistrict)
	103-119	17	A/N/L	Former Last Name 1
	120-136	17	A/N/L	Former Last Name 2
9	137-146	10	A/N/L	Alias/Nickname The student's/applicant’s alias or nickname
10	147-152	6	A/N	Filler
11	153-153	1	A	Sex Denotes the student's/applicant’s sex Code Definition F Female M Male
12	154-154	1	A	Racial/Ethnic Category This lists the student's/applicant’s race or ethnic group. Code Definition W White, Non-Hispanic B Black, Non-Hispanic H Hispanic A Asian/Pacific Islander M Multiracial I American Indian O International Student** E Other Race or Ethnicity** Z Mutually Defined** **This definition is valid for post-secondary institutions only.
13	155-167	13	A/N	Filler
13a	168-170	3	A/N	Type of Unique Institutional Identifier If the sending institution is a SPEEDE/ExPRESS institution, this code identifies the type of student identification number being sent in the Unique Institutional Identifier, item 14. Code Definition 28 Employee Identification Number 30 United States Government Visa Number 48 Agency's Student Number. This is the number assigned by an agency other than the institution sending the record. 49 Family Unit Number 4A Personal Identification Number (PIN) 50 State Student Identification Number 56 Corrected Social Security Number 57 Prior Incorrect Social Security Number C0 Canadian Social Insurance Number F8 Original Reference Number LR Local Student Identification Number MV Migrant Number
14	171-200	30	A	Unique Institutional Identifier This element is reserved for the use of the sending institution.
15	201-206	6	A/N	High School Graduation Date On a request transaction, this field is used to further identify a student's records. The official high school graduation date is carried on the I/S01 record of the response transaction. Format: MMYYYY
16	207-214	8	A/N	Date of Birth The student's/applicant’s birth date is a required field, unless the record is a postsecondary response (record type P00 with message type beginning with either ‘S’ or ‘Q’). Format: YYYYMMDD
16a	215-223	9	A/N	SPEEDE/ExPRESS Transaction Control ID This field uniquely identifies this record and serves the same purpose for SPEEDE/ExPRESS (the national electronic transcript transfer system) that our Unique Institutional Identifier (item 14) serves for FASTER. The system handles this field automatically, so institutions should not put anything in it when preparing records for transmission unless the institution is responding to a request, in which case the data that was originally sent in this field must be returned in the response.
16b	224-238	15	A/N/L	SPEEDE/ExPRESS Institution ID This field is the institution ID as defined by SPEEDE/ExPRESS, and is used only when communicating with non-FASTER institutions. When sending records to a non-FASTER institution, fill this field with the corresponding SPEEDE/ExPRESS Institution ID from the Participation Status file (See Appendix K); otherwise this field is spaces. Then put 00000990000 into the Addressed Institution field (item 3 of this record type), if the addressee is a PK-12 institution, or put 00100020000 in the Addressed Institution field if the addressee is a postsecondary institution. Similarly, incoming transmissions from non-FASTER institutions are identified by the presence of 00000990000 or 00100020000 in the Sending Institution field. The SPEEDE/ExPRESS Institution ID uniquely identifies the non-FASTER sender.
16c	239-256	18	A/N	Post Date, Time, Sequence Number This element uniquely identifies the transmission. It is to be left blank when the record is submitted and the data will be supplied by the system.
	239-246	8	A/N	Date Posted to System (YYYYMMDD)
	247-252	6	A/N	Time Posted to System (HHMMSS)
	253-256	4	A/N	Sequence Number
16d	257-281	25	A/N	Filler reserved for use of FACTS (Florida Academic and Career Tracking System)
17	282-370	89	A	Filler SECTION B (Items 18-32c) NOTE: The subsequent fields are used only by responding institutions. The responding institution will move the data from Items 2-16c on the original request header record to Items 18-32c on the response header record. Items 2-16c on the response header record should contain the student identifying information as it appears on the responding institution's files.
18	371-380	10	A/N/L	Primary Student Identifier
19	381-391	11	A/N/R	Addressed Institution
20	392-402	11	A/N/R	Sending Institution
21	403-405	3	A/N	Message Type
22a	406-406	1	A/N	Test/Production Indicator
22b	407-415	9	A/N/R	Filler
23	416-427	12	A/N	Institutional Student Number
24	428-503	76	A/N/L	Legal Name
25	504-513	10	A/N/L	Alias/Nickname
26	514-519	6	A/N	Filler
27	520-520	1	A	Sex
28	521-521	1	A	Racial/Ethnic Category
29	522-534	13	A	Filler
29a	535-537	3	A/N	Type of Unique Institutional Identifier
30	538-567	30	A	Unique Institutional Identifier
31	568-573	6	N	High School Graduation Date
32	574-581	8	A/N	Date of Birth
32a	582-590	9	A/N	SPEEDE/ExPRESS Transaction Control ID
32b	591-605	15	N/R	SPEEDE/ExPRESS Institution ID
32c	606-623	18	A/N	Post Date, Time, Sequence Number
33	624-740	117	A	Filler
34	741-748	8	A/N	Access Date The date the record was accessed by the receiving institution. Format: CCYYMMDD Note: The value of this field and of Access Time will change each time a receiving institution downloads the record.
35	749-754	6	A/N	Access Time The time the record was accessed by the receiving institution.
36	755-1003	249		Filler
37	1004-1007	4	A/N	Fatal Error Count This element should be left blank by the sending institution. It is returned to the sending institution by the edit program (SRTS01 for requests, SRTS03 for responses) and represents the total number of fatal errors detected for this student's records. If Fatal Error Count is greater than zero then the student's record was not sent to the Addressed Institution identified in Item 3 and the transaction must be resubmitted.
38	1008-1011	4	A/N	Filler
39	1012-1020	9	A	Filler Reserved for Local Use