ADM Code Types & Descriptions
ADM 1 = Resident Enrollment (Public and Charter Schools)
Resident enrollments are students enrolled and attending with legal settlement in the reporting school corporation. Resident enrollments include:
Foreign Exchange students residing in and attending the reporting corporation (this does not include F1 Visa students)
Charter Schools - students enrolled and attending a charter or innovation network charter school
KG students identified as KG - morning or KG - afternoon grade level will show funding amount as .5
ADM 2 = Transfers Out (Public Schools)
Transfers Out are students with legal settlement in the reporting school corporation but are enrolled and attending a different school corporation in Indiana or another state for at least one of the following reasons:
An agreement between both corporations (COLS and the educating/servicing corporation)
including students attending a special education or vocational education cooperative located outside of the student’s COLS for ‘better educational accommodation’ reasons (best meeting the educational needs or interests of the student)
A student transfer agreement under IC 20-26-11-5 between the COLS and the student’s parent/guardian for ‘better educational accommodations’ reasons
An order by the State Board of Education for ‘better educational accommodations’ (student is served by a public or private school under a contract for residential or alternative services through the Secretary of Education)
Students placed by a parent/guardian under IC 20-26-11-8(b) in a different corporation than the COLS
Students placed by a physician under IC 20-26-22-11.5 in a different corporation than the COLS
KG students identified as KG - morning or KG - afternoon grade level will show funding amount as .5
ADM 3 = Cash Transfers (Public Schools)
Cash Transfers are students enrolled and attending without legal settlement in the reporting corporation with an agreement between the reporting corporation and the parent/guardian.
Students who are not a legal resident of the reporting corporation but attending with the approval of the school board
Per House Bill (HB) 1380 section 12 schools can no longer charge transfer tuition
KG students identified as KG - morning or KG - afternoon grade level will show funding amount as .5
ADM 4 = State Obligations (Public Schools)
Students enrolled and attending in the reporting corporation due to the result of one of the following state actions:
Placement in an institution operated by division of disability, aging, and rehabilitative services or the division of mental health and addiction that is located in the reporting corporation
Placement by the division of disability, aging, and rehabilitative services or the division of mental health and addiction in an institution, a public or private facility, a home, a group home, or an alternative family setting that is located in the school corporation
Children of state employees living on state property
This does not include students placed by parents, Indiana welfare offices, Indiana courts, or Indiana licensed child-placing agencies, or by government agencies from another state
KG students identified as KG - morning or KG - afternoon grade level will show funding amount as .5
ADM 5 = Placements In (Public Schools)
Students enrolled and attending in the reporting corporation due to the result of one of the following actions for non-educational reasons (for the physical and/or mental well-being of the student):
Placement by county welfare offices, state courts (court order), or state licensed child-placing agencies (department of child services)
Placement in a foster home that is located in the corporation
Placed by a parent/guardian in a state licensed private or public health facility or child care facility that is located in the corporation
placement is necessary for the student’s physical or emotional health and well-being
placement is in a health care facility for not less than fourteen (14) consecutive calendar days or a total of twenty (20) calendar days with the recommendation of a physician (IC 20-26-11-8b)
EXCEPTION: students placed for non-educational reasons without a legal settlement (COLS) outside of the reporting corporation are reported with ADM 1-resident enrollment
KG students identified as KG - morning or KG - afternoon grade level will show funding amount as .5
ADM 6 = Dual Enrollment (Public and Charter Schools)
Students enrolled and attending less than 50% of their time in both the reporting corporation or charter school AND a non-public or home school AND receiving less than 50% of their instructional services from the reporting corporation or charter school (IC 20-43-4-6)
Reporting Scenarios for students Dual Enrolled at Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (ISBVI) or Indiana School for the Deaf (ISD) and a Public School or Charter
*NOTE: Students Dual Enrolled at ISBVI/ISD and a Public School or a Charter school will result in a conflict in Membership in Data Exchange. Conflict resolution will be managed via the petition process for school year 2027. IDOE is working with the Office of School Finance on a future reporting solution.
Reporting Scenario 1: Student attending less than 50% at public corporation or charter:
Public/Charter reports primary False
Public/Charter report ADM 6 and provides FTE.
Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired or Indiana School for the Deaf reports primary True ADM 1.
Reporting Scenario 2: Students attending more than 50% at public corporation or charter:
Public/Charter reports primary True
Public/Charter report ADM 1
Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired or Indiana School for the Deaf reports primary False
Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired or Indiana School for the Deaf reports ADM 6 and provides the FTE.
Students receiving only special education services are not considered dual enrolled (i.e. walk-in speech or physical therapy students)
Note: reporting of ADM 6 also requires Instructional Days and Instructional Minutes to be provided to determine if the student is enrolled and attending less than 50% of their time
Note: KG students cannot be reported as dual enrolled
Note: Two public schools (includes charters) cannot report a student as dual enrolled
ADM 10 = Choice Scholarship (Schools participating in the Choice Scholarship Program)
Students enrolled and attending a non-public school participating in the Choice Scholarship Program AND have an approved Choice application for one or both count dates (Fall/October, Spring/February)
Includes students dual enrolled with a public corporation or home school where the student attends more than 50% of their instructional time at the non-public school with an approved Choice application for one or both count dates
ADM 20 = Adult Education (Adult Charter Schools IC 20-24-7-13.5)
Adult Learners (students) enrolled and attending an identified Adult Charter School