A Section 8 is designed to be used as an output file layout by a program that extracts dependent data from a database of some kind. A few districts have databases containing dependent data, and this Section would be used by them. Columns P thru S of Section 7, on the other hand, are meant for districts that do not have databases containing dependent data. These districts may prefer to supply dependent data (if they have such data) using the last four columns of Section 7. Q2 Why are dates of birth for dependents asked for in Section 8, but only ages in Section 7? A The optional dependents columns in Section on 7 are designed to capture the minimum requirements of the legislation, which are: age, gender and coverage status for each dependent. The ages of dependents listed in Section 7 should be the ages as of the date of the census, which is 10/1/2012. In subsequent years these values will need to be incremented. Dates of birth in Section 8, on the other hand, are consistent values which will remain constant, allowing age to be computed automatically at any time. Districts that use WESPaC / WSIPC Q1 Do we have to pay extra money to WSIPC for use of the extract they have for their constituent school districts during the current Data Collection Project? A No. Q2 My district does not use the Insurance Tracking module. Can we still use the WSIPC extract? A Yes. However the WSIPC extract provides less data for districts that do not use the Insurance Tracking module than for districts that do use it. For this reason, districts that do not currently use the Insurance Tracking module may wish to consider starting to use it, in order to facilitate future data collection projects that have to do with insurance benefits for district employees. Q3 I mistakenly deleted or corrupted our .csv files from WSIPC. What should I do. A Get them from WSIPC again. Once you have them, make a backup copy before you do anything else. Q4 The data we got from the WSIPC extract is not complete. Where is the rest of it? A WSIPC can extract a lot of the data that is required, but not all of it. Some of the data needs to be provided by school districts, particularly the narrative data in rows 14-20 in Section 1, and the Innovative Health Plan Features in Section 2.
A Section 8 is designed to be used as an output file layout by a program that extracts dependent data from a database of some kind. A few districts have databases containing dependent data, and this Section would be used by them. Columns P thru S of Section 7, on the other hand, are meant for districts that do not have databases containing dependent data. These districts may prefer to supply dependent data (if they have such data) using the last four columns of Section 7. Q2 Why are dates of birth for dependents asked for in Section 8, but only ages in Section 7? A The optional dependents columns in Section on 7 are designed to capture the minimum requirements of the legislation, which are: age, gender and coverage status for each dependent. The ages of dependents listed in Section 7 should be the ages as of the date of the census, which is 10/1/2012. In subsequent years these values will need to be incremented. Dates of birth in Section 8, on the other hand, are consistent values which will remain constant, allowing age to be computed automatically at any time. Districts that use WESPaC / WSIPC Q1 Do we have to pay extra money to WSIPC for use of the extract they have for their constituent school districts during the current Data Collection Project? A No. Q2 My district does not use the Insurance Tracking module. Can we still use the WSIPC extract? A Yes. However the WSIPC extract provides less data for districts that do not use the Insurance Tracking module than for districts that do use it. For this reason, districts that do not currently use the Insurance Tracking module may wish to consider starting to use it, in order to facilitate future data collection projects that have to do with insurance benefits for district employees. Q3 I mistakenly deleted or corrupted our .csv files from WSIPC. What should I do. A Get them from WSIPC again. Once you have them, make a backup copy before you do anything else. Q4 The data we got from the WSIPC extract is not complete. Where is the rest of it? A WSIPC can extract a lot of the data that is required, but not all of it. Some of the data needs to be provided by school districts, particularly the narrative data in rows 14-20 in Section 1, and the Innovative Health Plan Features in Section 2.
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