SIRS - p-12 - New York State Education Department

Chapter 6: Data Reporting in the SIRS Student_Lite Template (Student Demographics)
Field Number
Start Position
End Position
Max Length
FIELD NAME
from eScholar template
(DATA ELEMENT NAME)
as used by NYSED, if different from
eScholar template name
* = Required for all students
+ = Required only for specified
students
NYS or
Local
Purpose
23 213 213 1 MOBILITY CODE Leave blank
24 214 216 3
+DIPLOMA TYPE CODE
(CREDENTIAL TYPE
DESCRIPTION)
NYS
Reporting
25 217 217 1 PROGRAM SERVICES CODE Leave blank
26 218 227 10
+GRADE 09 ENTRY DATE
(FIRST DATE OF ENTRY INTO
GRADE 9)
NYSSIS
and NYS
Reporting
Instructions or Rules Format
Required for graduated students and
high school completers only.
Credential earned by the student.
For details, see the Office of State
Assessment Web site at
www.p12.nysed.gov/osa.
Populate with code.
Date student first entered grade 9,
anywhere. Students with a disability who
are coded as ungraded for enrollment
purposes, must be assigned a grade 9
entry date no later than, whichever comes
first, (1) the first school year during which
the student enters a school where the
earliest grade is grade 9; or (2) when the
school of attendance has grades earlier
than grade 9, the first school year during
which the student participates in a grade 9
program, using criteria similar to those
applied to non-disabled students when
making such determinations; or (3) the
school year in which the student turns 17.
Cannot be future date and must be after
student’s date of birth.
alphanumeric
date
yyyy-mm-dd
Recommended Codes
or Reference to Data Source
See Appendix 5: Credential Type Codes
and Descriptions.
85 Student Information Repository System Manual for 2010–11 Version 6.2