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.
2.	Districts requesting a transcript from a postsecondary institution should use record type P00.
3.	For Addressed Institution, item 3, institution number 91 and school/campus 0000 has been modified to identify the Bright Futures Production System. Institution ID's 92, 93, and 94 have been added to identify the Bright Futures Practice, Bright Futures Seventh Semester Production and Bright Futures Seventh Semester Practice Systems, respectively. Each has a school/campus code of 0000.
4.	For Sending Institution, item 4, institution numbers 91, 92, 93, and 94 have been added to identify the Bright Futures Production, Bright Futures Practice, Bright Futures Seventh Semester Production and Bright Futures Seventh Semester Practice Systems, respectively. Each has a school/campus code of 0000.
5.	Message Type Codes, item 5, beginning with 'X' and 'B' have been added. Message Types A01 and A03 are no longer valid and the definition for Message Type A02 has been modified. (See Appendix D)

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: 1999-2000 Header Record Format Number: (I/S/P)00 Effective Date: November 14, 1999 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 Academic Scholar Record Transfer S00 Secondary to Postsecondary, and Outstanding High School Juniors, 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
	13-13	1	A/N	Filler
				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 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, response, or application for admission is addressed
				Elementary/Secondary Addressee
	14-20	7	N/R	Number of District 01-70, 72-76 State assigned district number or other agency providing instruction (Appendix A) 89 Teacher Certification Office 90 Florida Institute for Education 91 Bright Futures Production 92 Bright Futures Practice 93 Bright Futures 7th Semester Production 94 Bright Futures 7th Semester Practice 99 ExPRESS
	21-24	4	N/R	Number of School District School 01-70, 72-76 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. 89 0000 Teacher Certification Office 90 0000 Florida Institute for Education 91 0000 Bright Futures Production 92 0000 Bright Futures Practice 93 0000 Bright Futures 7th Semester Production 94 0000 Bright Futures 7th Semester Practice 99 0000 ExPRESS 01-70 9001 District Office 71-76 9100 Human Resources Office Note: Although they are flagged as inactive, Human Resources will be able to receive requests and send responses.
				Postsecondary Addressee
	14-20	7	N/R	FICE Number of Institution (Appendix C)
	21-24	4	N/R	Number of Campus (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 01-70, 72-76 State assigned district number or other agency providing instruction (Appendix A) 91 Bright Futures Production 92 Bright Futures Practice 93 Bright Futures 7th Semester Production 94 Bright Futures 7th Semester Practice 99 ExPRESS
	32-35	4	N/R	Number of School District School 01-70, 72-76 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. 91 0000 Bright Futures Production 92 0000 Bright Futures Practice 93 0000 Bright Futures 7th Semester Production 94 0000 Bright Futures 7th Semester Practice 99 99 0000 ExPRESS
				Postsecondary Sender
	25-31	7	N/R	FICE Number of Institution (Appendix C)
	32-35	4	N/R	Number of Campus (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 A Outstanding High School Juniors X Attempt to send student record was rejected Second-Third Digits NN Message code (for valid codes, 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	155-170	16	A/N	Filler
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. On a student application, this field is required and is the actual or planned high school graduation date. Format: MMYYYY
16	207-214	8	A/N	Date of Birth The student's/applicant’s birth date is a required field if both social security number and Florida Student Identifier Number have not been included, or if this is a student application for admission. 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.
16b	224-238	15	N/R	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). 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	522-537	16	A	Filler
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	Informative Error Count This element should be left blank by the sending institution. It is returned to the sending institution by the edit program (SRTS03 for responses) and represents the total number of informative messages issued for this student's records. Request records have no informative edits at this time and therefore this field will always be zero when returned by SRTS01. If Fatal Error Count (Item 34) equals zero then the student's record was sent to the Addressed Institution identified in Item 3 regardless of the value of Informative Error Count. The Addressed Institution can receive a detailed report of the informative messages by running program SRTS03A on the received records.
39	1012-1020	9	A	Filler Reserved for Local Use