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Appendix 9: Program Service Codes
If one student in a family is identified as low income, all students from that household
(economic unit) may be identified as low income.
Entry Date: Date of eligibility decision (determined annually).
Exit Date: Date that eligibility ends.
Reason for Ending Code: Not used.
Eligible for Alternate Assessment — Code 0220
Level Designation: District-level service.
Description: Indicates that the student is eligible for the NYSAA, as identified by the CSE.
Purpose: Only students with an Alternate Assessment Program service record will be reported
on the Verification of New York State Alternate Assessment Results report. A student must
have a disability record to report an Alternate Assessment Program service record. A student
must have an Alternate Assessment Program record to report an alternate assessment score.
Entry Date: Date of CSE eligibility decision.
Exit Date: Date that CSE rescinds eligibility.
Reason for Ending Code: Not used.
Eligible to take the NYSESLAT for grades 3-8 ELA Accountability — Code 0242
Level Designation: District-level service.
Description: Identifies LEP students who are not required to take a grades 3–8 NYSTP ELA
assessment.
Purpose: Identifies these students for accountability, reporting, and research purposes. Valid
scores on the Reading/Writing and Listening/Speaking modules of the NYSESLAT will satisfy
the Title I accountability requirement that the student be assessed in ELA. LEP-eligible
students (including those from Puerto Rico) who on April 1, 2011, will have been attending
school in the United States for less than one year may use the NYSESLAT only once in lieu of
the 3-8 NYSTP in ELA to meet the NCLB participation requirement for AYP in
elementary/middle-level ELA. NYSESLAT-eligible students will be counted in the participation
calculation for accountability purposes as participating in an ELA assessment if they have valid
scores on NYSESLAT Reading/Writing and NYSESLAT Speaking/Listening. For more
information, see “Testing and Accountability for LEP Students (NYSESLAT)” in Chapter 4:
Testing Rules and http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/guid/lepguidance.doc.
Entry Date: July 1 of current year or date of enrollment (if later than July 1).
Exit Date: Not used.
Reason for Ending Code: Not used.
Section 504 Plan — Code 0264
Level Designation: District-level service.
Description: Indicates that the student has a Section 504 plan.
Purpose: The Section 504 record determines which cohort members are included in the
general-education (Safety Net eligible) group for district and school accountability and for other
reports. Safety Net eligible general-education students are allowed to use Regents
competency test credit to meet graduation requirements. Do not enter a Section 504 program
service code for students with a disability program service code.
Entry Date: Date of plan approval.
Exit Date: Date of plan termination.
Reason for Ending Code: Not used.
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