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PIMS Manual_Vol 1_V1.0 - Sayre Area School District

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Pennsylvania Information<br />

Management System<br />

Pennsylvania<br />

Department of Education<br />

Rules, continued<br />

18. If validation of any Lookup Field is turned on, populate SNAPSHOT DATE with the <strong>School</strong> Year value to be used in the validations<br />

19. The non-null values in ETHNIC CODE SHORT and RACE CODE 2 through RACE CODE 5 must be unique; if not, the record is rejected<br />

20. The columns identified with an NCES code are recommended to follow the NCES Non-Fiscal Data Handbook V4.0<br />

21. Code Column: K - component of primary key, U - value is updated if row exists, M - a value must be supplied, R - recommended, N/A - not<br />

applicable<br />

22. Code Column: When enclosed within parentheses - e.g. (K,M) - the value is assigned by eScholar<br />

23. Only delimited files are accepted.<br />

Load Sequence/Dependencies<br />

No dependencies<br />

FAQs<br />

Please note that FAQs in this section pertain to the Staff Template in the Staff Domain.<br />

1. How should the Staff and Staff Snapshot templates be submitted?<br />

• All professional personnel and school security personnel should be reported in the Staff and Staff Snapshot templates. Professional staff<br />

must be reported in the January snapshot; school security staff must be reported in the June snapshot. See the "Staff to Be Reported in<br />

<strong>PIMS</strong>" section of the <strong>PIMS</strong> User <strong>Manual</strong> <strong>Vol</strong>ume 1 for more information on which staff members should be reported.<br />

2. Must non-certificated personnel be reported?<br />

• Yes. NOTE: Only certain staff assignment codes are valid for non-certificated personnel. See Appendix B of the <strong>PIMS</strong> User <strong>Manual</strong><br />

<strong>Vol</strong>ume 2 for more information.<br />

3. Can an LEA decide to populate the Snapshot Date within the Staff template so that the format of this template is consistent with<br />

the Staff Snapshot template?<br />

• Yes, LEAs can populate this field. It will be ignored in the Staff template.<br />

4. How are staff reported if they are not assigned to a particular school?<br />

• Each LEA will use a generic location code of “9999” for staff working off-site.<br />

• Use a generic location code of “0000” for LEA Administrators that work at district offices and not directly with students, e.g.<br />

superintendents, business managers, home and school visitors, etc.<br />

Version 1 Page 139<br />

Published 7/21/2010

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