Simple Solution Brighter Futures ADDITIONAL TEXAS STUDENT DATA

Simple Solution. Brighter Futures. ADDITIONAL TEXAS STUDENT DATA SYSTEM CHANGES HOMELESS STATUS CODE, SSI PROMOTION RETENTION CODE TABLE CHANGES, CRISIS CODE SPRING 2017 Melissa Lemons, ITS-BMD Systems Analyst

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Homeless Status Code - Background 3 With the passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), the definition of homeless children and youth under the Mc. Kinney-Vento Act was updated. In order to comply with ESSA, the phrase [children and youths] “awaiting foster care placement” was removed from the Texas Education Data Standards (TEDS).

Homeless Status Code - Changes for the 2017 -2018 School Year 4 Updated E 1082 HOMELESS-STATUS-CODE description. Updated C 189 HOMELESS-STATUS-CODE code table � Deleted code 1 - Student lives in a shelter, transitional housing, or is awaiting foster care at any time during the current school year. � Added code 5 - Student lives in a shelter or transitional housing at any time during the current school year.

Homeless Status Code - Changes for the 2017 -2018 School Year 5

C 189 – HOMELESS-STATUS-CODE Code Table 6

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SSI-PROMOTION-RETENTION-CODE Changes for 20172018 8 For the 2016 -2017 school year, the SSIPROMOTION-RETENTION-CODE was not reported. http: //tea. texas. gov/About_TEA/News_and_Multimedia/Correspondence/TAA_Letters/Significant_Chang es_to_June_STAAR_Testing_for_Grades_5_and_8, _Student_Success_Initiative_(SSI)_Requirements_and_ Confidential_Student_Reporting_Timelines/ Business Validation 40110 -0178 was added in 2016 -2017 to accommodate the suspension of the SSIPROMOTION-RETENTION-CODE. The rule prevented this field from being reported For 2017 -2018, rule 40110 -0178 has been deleted, which will allow SSI-PROMOTION-RETENTIONCODE to be reported again.

Crisis Code 9 In response to the recent devastation of Hurricane Harvey, the Texas Education Agency has activated a Crisis Code for the reporting of students impacted by Hurricane Harvey. The Texas Student Data System (TSDS) Section 4 C 178 Code Table will be updated to support the reporting of that code as follows: 05 - indicates that a student was enrolled or eligible to enroll in a Texas public school district or charter school impacted by Hurricane Harvey, and the student enrolled in another Texas public school district or charter school, or moved from a Hurricane Harvey impacted campus to a non-impacted campus in the same LEA during the 2017 -2018 school year.

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Resources 12 Announcements regarding Hurricane Harvey Resources: Additional Missed School Day Waivers related to Hurricane Harvey Enrollment Guidance TEA’s website on Hurricane Harvey Resources: http: //tea. texas. gov/About_TEA/Other_Services/Weather _and_Disaster/Hurricane_Harvey_Resources/ Announcements & Correspondence from TEA as well as the a link to the Frequently Asked Questions. http: //tea. texas. gov/About_TEA/Other_Services/Weather_ and_Disaster/Dealing_with_Disasters__Frequently_Asked _Questions/

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