FLORIDA AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING EDUCATIONAL RECORDS
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OFFICE OF APPLICATION SUPPORT (OAS)

Effective: November 20, 2006
Revised: October 16, 2006

2006-2007 Student VOC/ELL LEP/Dropout Information

1. Record Type: I05 - Items 1-52 are valid for interdistrict and Bright Futures record transfer.
    S05 - Items 1-25, and 52 are valid for transcripts and Bright Futures record transfer.
2. Transfer one record per student.
3. Send the 4 latest Vocational programs the student has completed or in which the student is participating.
4. Send the three most recent Dropout/DJJ Prevention records within the most recent year of instruction.
5. 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 Filler Reserved for Local Use (last 9 bytes of each record type). Please use some other appropriate character (e.g., SPACES) with which to initialize your records before sending them.
6. Required fields are indicated by an asterisk (*) next to the field name.
7. 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.
8. Changed all verbiage from LEP (Limited English Proficient) to ELL (English Language Learners).

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 Student VOC/ELL LEP
Number: T5

Effective: November 20, 2006

Record Size: 1020

1 1-3 3 A/N Record Type*

The header for the record for this transaction

Code Definition
I05 Interdistrict and Bright Futures Record Transfer
S05 Secondary to Postsecondary Transcript and Bright Futures Record Transfer

2 4-13 10 A/N/R Student Number Identifier, Florida*

If the student has a social security number and provides 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 eight 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 14-15 2 A/N Filler
4 16-17 2 N/R District Number, Current Enrollment*

The two digit number for the current school district in which the student is officially enrolled for graduation (see District Name Table, Appendix A ), or zero in the case of a postsecondary or SPEEDE/ExPRESS sending institution

Code Definition
01-76 & 78-79  State assigned number for school district or other agency
99 Other than Florida Public School

5 18-21 4 A/N/R School Number, Current Enrollment*

The state assigned four digit school number in which the student is officially enrolled for graduation

0001 - 9899 District school sites assigned a unique number in the state Master School ID File.
0000 Used for in-state postsecondary and SPEEDE/ExPRESS sending institutions

6 22-31 10 A/N Filler
        VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM (1)
7 32-38 7 A/N Vocational Program Code

For secondary vocational students, the seven digit program number, as listed in the Course Code Directory, which is associated with the vocational course in which the student is enrolled. For all postsecondary adult students, the program code is the same as the course code number.

8 39-58 20 A/N/L Vocational Program Name, Abbreviated

The abbreviated title assigned to courses listed in the Course Code Directory that is associated with a vocational program.

9 59-59 1 A Vocational Termination Code

USED ONLY FOR STUDENTS ENROLLED IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION CLASSES. The vocational termination code indicates the status of the student at the end of the class. The class must have ended prior to reporting the termination code.

Code Definition
C A job preparatory occupational COMPLETER who has finished a planned sequence of courses or competencies designed to meet a vocational occupational objective and who has met all the requirements of the institution for occupational completion. A student who completes a single course in such a sequence should not be reported as a completer.
S A secondary job preparatory occupational COMPLETER STILL IN SECONDARY SCHOOL.
F A supplemental occupational FINISHER who has received all of the instruction for which enrolled.
L A LEAVER WITH MARKETABLE SKILLS prior to job preparatory occupation completion as determined by the instructor.
H A secondary job preparatory occupational LEAVER WITH MARKETABLE SKILLS STILL IN SECONDARY SCHOOL.
R A student REMAINING in the job preparatory occupational instruction.
Z Other than above. (See the Vocational Data Base Handbook for a list of programs/courses for which the termination code always will be "Z"

Note: Codes F, L, and H are valid only prior to 07/01/1998.

10 60-67 8 A/N Withdrawal Date (Vocational Program Completion Date)

Vocational program completion date (the withdrawal date associated with a W28 withdrawal code) is required on the permanent record for vocational program completers. For grade 7-12 completers, this should be the withdrawal date used at the end of the school year.

MMDDCCYY Example: 06051983

11 68-85 18 A/N Filler
       
Note: Field definitions for Vocational Program items 12-26 are the same as Vocational Education Program (1), items 7-11.
        VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM (2)
12 86-92 7 A/N Vocational Program Code
13 93-112 20 A/N/L Vocational Program Name, Abbreviated
14 113-113 1 A Vocational Termination Code
15 114-121 8 A/N Withdrawal Date (Vocational Program Completion Date)
16 122-139 18 A/N Filler
        VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM (3)
17 140-146 7 A/N Vocational Program Code
18 147-166 20 A/N/L Vocational Program Name, Abbreviated
19 167-167 1 A Vocational Termination Code
20 168-175 8 A/N Withdrawal Date (Vocational Program Completion Date)
21 176-193 18 A/N Filler
        VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM (4)
22 194-200 7 A/N Vocational Program Code
23 201-220 20 A/N/L Vocational Program Name, Abbreviated,
24 221-221 1 A Vocational Termination Code
25 222-229 8 A/N Withdrawal Date (Vocational Program Completion Date)
26 230-427 198 A/N Filler
27 428-429 2 A English Language Learners Limited English Proficient, PK-12

Using the definitions given and the codes below, indicate the status of the student who has been identified as a student with Limited English Proficiency. A Limited English Proficiency student is one who:

  • Was not born in the U.S. and whose native language is other than English; or
  • Was born in the U.S. but who comes from a home in which a language other than English is most relied upon for communication; or
  • Is an American Indian or Alaskan Native and comes from a home in which a language other than English has had a significant impact on his or her level of English language proficiency; and
  • Who as a result of the above has sufficient difficulty speaking, reading, writing, or understanding the English language to deny him or her the opportunity to learn successfully in classrooms in which the language of instruction is English.

Code Definition
LY The student is English Language Learners Limited English Proficient and is enrolled in classes specifically designed for ELL LEP students.
LN The student is English Language Learners Limited English Proficient and is not enrolled in classes specifically designed for ELL LEP Students.
LF The student is being followed up for a two year period after having exited from the ESOL.
LP The student is in 4th - 12th grade, tested fully English proficient on an Aural/Oral test, and is English Language Learners Limited English Proficient pending the Reading and Writing assessment; or the student is in K-12th grade, answered "yes" on the Home Language Survey Question "Is a language other than English spoken in the Home?" and is pending aural/oral assessment.
LZ The student is one for whom a two-year follow-up period has been completed after the student has exited the ESOL program.
ZZ Not Applicable

28 430-430 1 A English Language Learners Limited English Proficient: Basis of Entry

A one character code used to indicate the basis of entry into the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Program.

Code Definition
A Aural/Oral
R Reading and Writing
L ELL LEP Committee
T Temporarily Placed in program based on a "Yes" response to the Home Language Survey question (b) Did the student have a first language other than English?; (c) Does the student most frequently speak a language other than English?; or both (b) and (c).
Z Not Applicable

29 431-438 8 A/N English Language Learners Limited English Proficient: Entry Date

The initial date a student entered an ESOL program

CCYYMMDD Example: 19910118
Entry date was January 18, 1991.

30 439-446 8 A/N English Language Learners Limited English Proficient: Classification Date

The initial date a student who responded "Yes" to the Home Language Survey is determined eligible or not eligible based on assessment for an ESOL program

CCYYMMDD Example: 19910118
Classification date was January 18, 1991.

00000000 Zero fill for students not yet classified eligible or ineligible

31 447-454 8 A/N English Language Learners Limited English Proficient: Student Plan Date

The date of the most recent development or review of the Limited English Proficiency Student Plan

CCYYMMDD Example: 19910118
Student plan date was January 18, 1991.

32 455-462 8 A/N English Language Learners Limited English Proficient: Reevaluation Date

The most recent date the Limited English Proficiency student was reevaluated in order to determine whether the student should continue in or exit the program

CCYYMMDD Example: 19910118
Reevaluation date was January 18, 1991.

00000000 Zero fill if reevaluation has not occurred

33 463-463 1 A/N English Language Learners Limited English Proficient: Extension of Instruction

A one character code used to indicate that a Limited English Proficiency student is receiving services beyond the base three years of eligible ESOL FTE funding as specified in Rule 6A-6.0903, FAC

Code Definition
Y Student in need of extension of instruction
Z Not applicable or no

34 464-471 8 A/N English Language Learners Limited English Proficient: Exit Date

The initial date a student exits an ESOL program

CCYYMMDD Example: 19910118
Exit date was January 18, 1991.
00000000 Zero fill if exit has not occurred

35 472-479 8 A/N English Language Learners Limited English Proficient: Reclassification Date

The initial date a former Limited English Proficiency student is reclassified as English Language Learners Limited English Proficient.

CCYYMMDD Example: 19910118
Reclassification date was January 18, 1991.
00000000 Zero fill if reclassification has not occurred

36 480-487 8 A/N English Language Learners Limited English Proficient: Reclassification Exit Date

The date a reclassified Limited English Proficiency student exits the ESOL program.

CCYYMMDD Example: 19910118
Reclassification Exit date was January 18, 1991.
00000000 Zero fill if the student has not been reclassified or the reclassified student has not exited the ESOL program.

37 488-496 9 A/N Limited English Proficiency: Post Reclassification Date (First Report Card)

Each date that the former Limited English Proficiency student's performance has been reviewed to ensure parity of participation once the student has been classified as English proficient is recorded. These reviews shall take place automatically at the student's first report card and semiannually during the first year after exiting the program, and at the end of the second year, in accordance with Rule 6A-6.0903, FAC.

ACCYYMMDD Example: A19910118
Student's First Report Card was dated January 18, 1991.

38 497-505 9 A/N English Language Learners Limited English Proficient: Post Reclassification Date (First Semiannual Review)

The date of the First Semiannual Review

BCCYYMMDD Example: B19910118
Student's First Semiannual Review took place on January 18, 1991.

39 506-514 9 A/N English Language Learners Limited English Proficient: Post Reclassification Date (Second Semi-annual Review)

The date of the Second Semiannual Review

CCCYYMMDD Example: C19910118
Student's Second Semiannual Review took place on January 18, 1991.

40 515-523 9 A/N English Language Learners Limited English Proficient: Post Reclassification Date (End of the Second Year)

The date of the end of the student's second year

DCCYYMMDD Example: D19910118
The end of the student's second year was January 18, 1991.

40a 524-524 1 A English Language Learners Limited English Proficient: Basis of Exit

A one character code used to indicate the basis of exit out of the English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Program.

Code Definition
A Aural/Oral
R Reading and Writing
L ELL LEP Committee
Z Not Applicable

41 525-929 405 A/N Filler
        DROPOUT PREVENTION/JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAM (1)

Note: Dropout Prevention/Juvenile Justice System information cannot be sent unless the Record Type is I05.

42 930-930 1 A Dropout Prevention/Juvenile Justice Programs

Dropout prevention/juvenile justice program code

Code Definition
U Educational Alternative Programs
A Disciplinary Programs
P Teenage Parent Programs
H Youth Services Programs for the Abused, Neglected
S Substance Abuse Programs
D Education services in Department of Juvenile Justice Programs
C Educational Alternative Program (Remedial Compensatory Only
O Youth Services Programs for Status Offenders
R Dropout Retrieval Activities
Z Not applicable

43 931-935 5 A/N Dropout Prevention/Juvenile Justice Placement Reasons

This is the code which indicates the allowable reason the student was placed in each dropout prevention/juvenile justice program. Codes consist of one character fields which may occur a maximum of five times. At least one placement reason code is required. Codes for allowable placement reasons in dropout prevention programs are as follows:

Code Definition
Educational Alternatives (Dropout Prevention/Juvenile Justice Program Code U)
A Retained in Grade
B Academically Unsuccessful
C Attendance/Tardiness problems
D Potential Dropout
N Habitual Truancy
R Retrieved as a former dropout
Teenage Parent (Dropout Prevention/Juvenile Justice Program Code P)
E Expectant Parent
F Parent
G Child
R Retrieved as a former dropout
Disciplinary (Dropout Prevention/Juvenile Justice Program Code A)
H Suspension(s)
I Alternative Placement
J Disciplinary Referral(s)
T Transition from Department of Juvenile Justice
R Retrieved as a former dropout>
Substance Abuse (S)
K Documented Student Substance Abuse
L Documented Family Substance Abuse
R Retrieved as a former dropout
Education Services in Department of Juvenile Justice Programs (Codes H and D)
Z Not applicable
Educational Alternative Programs (Remedial Compensatory Only )(Dropout Prevention/Juvenile Justice Program Code C)
M Inadequate Performance
N Failed HSCT
R Retrieved as a former dropout
Youth Services Programs for Status Offenders (Dropout Prevention/Juvenile Justice Program Code O)
Z Not applicable
Dropout Retrieval Activities (Dropout Prevention/Juvenile Justice Program Code R)
Z Not applicable

44 936-938 3 A/N Dropout Prevention/Juvenile Justice Outcomes

A set of codes which indicate minimum outcomes on each dropout prevention/juvenile justice program as described below:

Code Definition
Educational Alternatives (Dropout Prevention/Juvenile Justice Program Code U)
Y Documented improvement in academic performance
D Documented improvement in attendance
N No improvement in academic performance
(Up to two codes apply)
Z Not assessed or not applicable
(Ony one code applies)
Teenage Parent (Dropout Prevention/Juvenile Justice Program Code P)
Y Documented improvement in parenting skills
N No improvement in parenting skills
P Previously assessed and reported
Z Not assessed or not applicable
(Only one code applies)
Disciplinary (Dropout Prevention/Juvenile Justice Program Code A)
E Decrease in number of expulsions<
S Decrease in number of suspensions
R Decrease in number of disciplinary referrals
N No decrease in disciplinary action(s)
T Continued Progress or Completed Transition Plan
Z Not assessed or not applicable
(Up to three codes apply)
Education Services in the Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) Programs (Codes H and D)
A Received academic services
T Received at least 300 minutes of instruction per day
V Received vocational services
W Received academic and vocational services
X Has integrated educational treatment plan
Y Has integrated transition plan
(Up to three codes apply)
Z Not Applicable
Youth Services Programs for Status Offenders (O)
A Received an academic assessment
T Received at least 300 minutes of instruction per day
Z Not assessed or not applicable
Educational Alternative Program (Remedial Compensatory Only (C)and Dropout Retrieval Activities (R)
Z Not assessed or not applicable

        DROPOUT PREVENTION/JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAM (2)
45 939-939 1 A Dropout Prevention/Juvenile Justice Programs
46 940-944 5 A/N Dropout Prevention/Juvenile Justice Placement Reasons
47 945-947 3 A/N Dropout Prevention/Juvenile Justice Outcomes
        DROPOUT PREVENTION/JUVENILE JUSTICE PROGRAM (3)
48 948-948 1 A Dropout Prevention/Juvenile Justice Programs
49 949-953 5 A/N Dropout Prevention/Juvenile Justice Placement Reasons
50 954-956 3 A/N Dropout Prevention/Juvenile Justice Outcomes
51 957-1011 55 A/N Filler
52 1012-1020 9 A/N Filler Reserved for Local Use