Fiscal Year - The fiscal year that this reporting represents:
For the 2024-2025 reporting year fy must be = 35

Cycle - The reporting cycle for which the data is submitted:

LEA, District - Local Education Agency, the unique seven-digit number assigned by the ADE to identify individual county, district, schools, cooperatives, and vocational institutions. The first two digits represent the county, the second two digits represent the district, and the last three digits represent the individual school, for example:

SSN, Student - The nine-digit Social Security number of the student. If a student's SSN cannot be obtained, then the ADE assigned number as required by Arkansas Code Ann. 6-18-208 should be used. This number should remain the same throughout the student's school career.

First Name - The student's first name.

Middle Name - The student's middle name.

Last Name - The student's last name.

State Unique Identifier - The unique 10-digit Triand identifier generated for the student by the state.

Race - The general racial or ethnic heritage with which the individual most identifies from the following codes:

Y in more than one combination will be considered 2 or more races.

Federal Race Category - The categories used for reporting race to the US Department of Education.

1 = Hispanic
2 = American Indian/Alaskan Native
3 = Asian
4 = Black (non-Hispanic)
5 = Hawaiian/Pacific Islander
6 = White (non-Hispanic)
7 = Two or more races

Gender - The sexual classification of the staff person.

Date, Birth - he student's date of birth. (Child Count - December 1 - School Age)

Temporary Student - Indicates if student is being temporarily placed in the Special Education program until the student is determined eligible or the evaluation is completed.

Grade Level - The grade level in which the student is currently enrolled:

Assigned Grade Level for a Non-Graded Student. - Any non-graded student (EE, SM, SS) must be assigned a grade level for standardized testing purposes (K-12). If the grade level to be assigned is unclear then take the child's age as of August 1st and subtract 5. For example a non-graded student who was 10 years old on August 1st would be in grade 5 for testing purposes.

Select the assigned grade level for the non-graded student based on the above criteria.

Alternate Portfolio - Indicate if student's IEP requires them to take an alternate assessment for the statewide assessment. This applies to grades 3-10 for literacy, mathematics, & science for all students AND grades K-12 for English Language Proficiency for English Learners. All other students should be marked NA.

Charter School - Indicate if the student is enrolled in a charter school.

Building Code - The building code, which the student is assigned.

Status, English Language Learner (ELL) - Student has a language background other than English, and his or her proficiency in English is such that the probability of the student's academic success in an English-only classroom is below that of native English language students.

School Choice General - Indicate if the student resides in another district, but is enrolled in your district under school choice general.

School Choice Resident LEA - Indicate the resident LEA of the student who is enrolled in your district under school choice general.

Primary Disability - The code designating the student's primary disability. (Child Count - December 1 - School Age) Use one of the following codes:

Educational Placement - Ages 6-21 - The primary educational placement as defined under federal guidelines. (Child Count - December 1 - School Age) The placement codes are as follows:

CF - Correctional Facilities
DB - Public Day School
DI - Private Day School
HH - HospitalHomebound
PP - Parentally Placed in Private Schools
RB - Public Residential
RG - Regular Class with Special Ed (80% or more of day in regular classroom)
RI - Private Residential
RR - Resource Room (79%-40% of day in the regular classroom)
SC - Special Class / Self-Contained (<40% of day in the regular classroom)

Private Provider - The name of the private provider for the educational placement codes of DI,DB,RB,RI,HH,CF,PP. (Child Count - December 1 - School Age)

Private School Residents - The LEA number of the district where the private school student resides.

Private Provider Residents - The LEA number of the sending district from which the student came.

Exit Status - Indicate if the student, age 14-2 left the special education program during the current school year. (Exiting Report - June 15 - School Age) The exiting categories are as follows:

Educational Placement-Previous Year - The student's educational placement under federal guidelines for the previous school year. (Exiting Report - June 15 - School Age)

CF - Correction Facility
DB - Public Day School
DI - Private Day School
HH - Hospital/Homebound
RB - Public Residential
RG - Regular Class with Special Ed
RI - Private Residential
RN - Regular Class with No Special Ed
RR - Resource Room
SC - Special Class
PP - Parent Placed

Exit Date - Enter the date in which the student left the special education program.

Entry Date - Enter the date in which the student entered the special education program.

Special Education Teacher ID - This is the staff information ID of the teacher who holds the student’s IEP folder.

Special Education Teacher Name - This is the teacher’s first name tied to the staff information ID.

Special Education Teacher Name - This is the teacher’s last name tied to the staff information ID.

Speech Therapist ID - This is the staff information ID of the therapist who provides speech services to the student.

Speech Therapist First Name - This is the speech therapist’s first name tied to the staff information ID.

Speech Therapist Last Name - This is the speech therapist’s last name tied to the staff information ID.

LEA, District of Residence - The seven-digit district LEA number of  residency.  This field only applies to open Enrollment Charter Schools. Resident district cannot be an Open Enrollment Charter School or an Educational Cooperative.