Alternative Education: General Reporting Info

Overview:

This data is collected to fulfill data requirements on students in Alternative Education Programs for the current reporting school year with the following Indiana statutes:

• IC 20-20-33 – Alternative Education Program Grants

• IC 20-30-8 – Alternative Program for Certain Students

Alternative Education applies to:

• Public Schools (traditional and charter) that are the fiscal agents for approved Alternative Education Programs.

Alternative Education requires following data points sent via Vendor or Template

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Reporting Timeline:

General Reporting Info:

• Alternative Education is a Year to Year Program and must be newly reported each year.

• Students grades 6-12 are eligible for Alternative Education program reporting and certification.

  • Report 5th year Seniors as grade 12.

• A student placed in a Alternative Education setting will not count for certification until 10 consecutive days of enrollment in an approved alternative education program have occurred within the reporting school year.

• Students who are enrolled in an alternative education program continuously for more than one school year will require a new enrollment record each reporting school year.

• Multiple Alternative Education records can be submitted for a single student, as long as no overlapping dates exist on the Begin and End Dates. For example:

  • If a student entered multiple times during the school year, this would require separate records with unique entry/exit dates. Eligibility and Reason Exited codes could be the same or different for each record.

  • If a student that began the year in an Alternative Program and then returned to the regular classroom and is now back in the alternative school, two Alternative Education program records would be required.

• Students may attend an Alternative Education settings at one or more of these times simultaneously:

  • Morning

  • Afternoon

  • Evening