- Transferred to regular education TRAN How are students who receive GEDs reported? In States where students may receive a GED without dropping out of school, these students may be reported as having received a certificate. These are students who were jointly enrolled in secondary education and a GED program. In all other cases, GED recipients should be reported as dropped out. How is a age reported in this file? student’s Report students by their age, in years, on the date of the most recent child count prior to the students exiting special education, not the age at the time of exit. How are student counts reported by Disability Category (IDEA) Exiting? Report students by one of the disability categories under IDEA that are listed in section 4.5 of the EDFacts Workbook. The disability category “developmental delay” cannot be used. How are student counts reported by racial ethnic? SEAs must submit racial and ethnic data using 7 permitted values, which are: American Indian or Alaska Native AM7 – AS7 Asian – BL7 Black or African American – HI7 Hispanic/Latino – PI7 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander – WH7 White – MU7 Two or more races – How are student counts reported by LEP status? Students who meet the definition of limited English proficient (LEP) students in section 4.3 of the EDFacts Workbook as of the date of exit should be reported as LEP. Students who do not meet that definition as of the date of exit should be reported as non-LEP. Privacy Protections Used Beginning in August 2012, the US Department of Education established a Disclosure Review Board (DRB) to review proposed data releases by the Department’s principal offices (e.g., OSEP) through a collaborative technical assistance process
TRAN - Transferred to regular education How are students who receive GEDs reported? In States where students may receive a GED without dropping out of school, these students may be reported as having received a certificate. These are students who were jointly enrolled in secondary education and a GED program. In all other cases, GED recipients should be reported as dropped out. How is a student’s age reported in this file? Report students by their age, in years, on the date of the most recent child count prior to the students exiting special education, not the age at the time of exit. How are student counts reported by Disability Category (IDEA) Exiting? Report students by one of the disability categories under IDEA that are listed in section 4.5 of the EDFacts Workbook. The disability category “developmental delay” cannot be used. How are student counts reported by racial ethnic? SEAs must submit racial and ethnic data using 7 permitted values, which are: AM7 – American Indian or Alaska Native AS7 – Asian BL7 – Black or African American HI7 – Hispanic/Latino PI7 – Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander WH7 – White MU7 – Two or more races How are student counts reported by LEP status? Students who meet the definition of limited English proficient (LEP) students in section 4.3 of the EDFacts Workbook as of the date of exit should be reported as LEP. Students who do not meet that definition as of the date of exit should be reported as non-LEP. Privacy Protections Used Beginning in August 2012, the US Department of Education established a Disclosure Review Board (DRB) to review proposed data releases by the Department’s principal offices (e.g., OSEP) through a collaborative technical assistance process
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