The postsecondary researcher data files contain commonly requested longitudinal student-level data from the postsecondary educational environment. The data is organized into 5 datasets: base, enrollment, program, coursework, and awards. These datasets reflect information about postsecondary student demographics, enrollments, programs, courses, cumulative progress, and degrees/certifications (referred to as awards). Data from the 2010-present school years are available.

The primary data sources for the postsecondary researcher data are the Student Transcript and Academic Record Repository (STARR) and the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC). STARR is a collection of student data from all Michigan public institutions and some independent institutions. NSC is a national database of postsecondary student information from most colleges nationwide. The information collected from STARR is more detailed than that obtained from NSC, but we use the NSC data to track the progress of Michigan's students who attend college out of state, and as a backup to ensure we obtain the most complete data possible for Michigan's postsecondary students. The STARR and NSC data are merged together and standardized, and these merged datasets serve as the source for the researcher files. More specifically, CEPI submits a student list to NSC for the past 8 cohorts of Michigan high school graduates and for all Michigan postsecondary students. NSC matches the student list to their Student Tracker database and CEPI uses the returned results.

When merging these data sources, student x year x institution enrollment and awards records are first identified from the STARR and NSC. Where only a STARR record or both STARR and NSC have a matching record, data from STARR are incorporated into the panel. After having done this, any remaining unique NSC records are then added to the panel. Most commonly, these NSC records will come from out-of-state and independent/private institutions although community colleges and, to a lesser degree, four-year institutions will also show records.

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Flowchart of STARR record categorization

While this approach greatly reduces duplicate records, there are potential shortcomings. Academic Year is based on Start and End dates that are received from STARR & NSC and there are known data quality concerns around the End date where data is received differently between STARR & NSC. When those dates fall into a different Academic Year, overreporting of the outcomes from those data may occur. A second artifact is the mixing of STARR and NSC data for the same student at the same college in the same school year if, for example, a STARR enrollment record and an NSC award record are received. NSC enrollment records at that college/school year are dropped, but the NSC award record is kept, even if it was not reported in STARR.

This strategy of combining the two data sources, plus the method of data collection used, results in something of a convenience sample for the overall postsecondary dataset. Included are the universe of students enrolled at a Michigan public institution regardless of whether or not they attended Michigan public high school. Additionally, K12 Michigan public high school attendees who attended an out-of-state postsecondary institution or an in-state independent/private postsecondary institution are included, meaning a comprehensive of post-secondary outcomes for Michigan public K12 students is achieved. Beyond this, K12 students who dual-enroll will also show records.

Overall Data Table Notes

Table Hierarchy

This is the general hierarchy of the tables:

Student Base 
EnrollmentsA student may have multiple associated enrollments.
CourseworkAn enrollment session may have multiple associated courses.
ProgramsAn enrollment session may have multiple associated academic programs.
AwardsA student may have multiple associated awards, but awards do not link directly to enrollment session records.
Independent IHE Reporting OptionsIHEs and their reporting option designation. This table is mostly informational, and exists outside of the normal 5 table structure.

Standard Table Joins

The below grids show how the tables link together, but other joins may be appropriate depending on the requirements of the research.

Student BaseJoins toEnrollments, Coursework, Programs, Awards
RIC=RIC
EnrollmentsJoins toCoursework, Programs
RIC=RIC
IPEDS_CODE=IPEDS_CODE
YEAR_SESSION=YEAR_SESSION
ProgramsJoins toCoursework
RIC=RIC
IPEDS_CODE=IPEDS_CODE
YEAR_SESSION=YEAR_SESSION

Though awards do not have a direct one-to-one link to enrollment records, most student awards can be linked to a corresponding set of enrollments as shown below. 

AwardsMay join toEnrollments
RIC=RIC
IPEDS_CODE=IPEDS_CODE
Independent IHE Reporting OptionsMay join toAny dataset with an IPEDS Code
IPEDS_CODE=IPEDS_CODE

Post-Secondary Student Base

Highlights

Record Level: Student-level 
Record Count: ~2.6 million observations 
Years Covered: 2010-Present* 
Population Coverage: Students enrolled in or receiving an award from a Michigan public institution

The base dataset contains information on student demographics: race, gender, and date of birth. The base population includes students who have enrolled in or received an award from a Michigan public institution (and some independent institutions) during the 2010 academic year or later. The data will include the entire academic history of any such student, which may include enrollments or awards prior to the 2010 academic year.

Students are identified with a research identification code (RIC), which is unique in nearly all cases in the dataset. However, due to linking and unlinking over time as data was moved from the source datasets to the final datasets, some students may have duplicated or conflicting data. In these cases, both records are retained within the final dataset, allowing researchers to decide how to eliminate duplicate RICs. In addition, in some cases there are discrepancies between STARR and NSC data.

In addition, the data file includes a stable date of birth (latest reported date of birth) for each student, and indicators for where conflicts in demographic data exist (i.e., if conflicting dates of birth, race, or gender have been reported for any given student over time).

* Note that, because the academic histories of students might extend before the 2010 academic year, the years covered for other postsecondary files may differ. For example, there are student enrollments dating back as early to 1900 in the enrollment datafile.

Post-Secondary Student Enrollment

Highlights

Record Level: Student by school year session by institution 
Record Count: 1,792,406 observations/year beginning in 2010 
Years Covered: 2010-Present* 
Population Coverage: Students with an enrollment record at a Michigan public institution

The enrollment dataset includes one record per student, for each institution attended and school year session (for example, fall 2010-2011). For each record, session beginning and end dates are provided. Additionally, the dataset includes variables that reflect academic progress, such as session GPA and credits attempted/earned, in addition to variables reflecting academic progress. The dataset also includes flags for full-time enrollment and whether any courses were taken for remedial purposes. As with the base file, students are identified using a RIC, which is unique within a student-year-IHE-session for nearly all cases.

In this dataset, Spring and Winter sessions are treated the same by CEPI. Researchers should note that in the 2016-17 collection, CEPI began renaming all Winter sessions to Spring to reflect that. Therefore, you will see no Winter sessions from the 2016-17 enrollments on. The figure below illustrates how different sessions were categorized. For example, sessions categorized as “Late Summer” have a start date between 4/15 and 7/31 and an end date between 7/16 and 8/31. Some sessions span more than one session range; a session falling entirely within an overlap range is put into the later second session of the range (i.e., the end date determines the session for these cases). Any sessions with a start date between 4/15-EndYear and 8/1-EndYear and ending on or after 7/16-EndYear are moved to the subsequent school year.

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Timeline of session coverage in data

In addition, researchers should note the following definitions of student transfers, which apply to those with ENROLLMENT_TYPE = “TransferIn”. CEPI has two principal definitions of a transfer:

  1. If an institution tells us that a student is a transfer, that student is a transfer, full stop. This stems from an Enrollment Type of “TransferIn”. CEPI tries to find the student’s previous college or university, but if they cannot find one then their previous enrollment is labeled as ‘Unknown’.
  2. CEPI looks at all enrollments within the academic year of the report and finds the most recent enrollments for the students before that point. They look for the following to be true. If these are true, then the enrollment pattern is considered a transfer by CEPI’s definition: - The previous enrollment is at a different institution - The previous enrollment is at the same Enrollment Level (Undergraduate vs Graduate) - The student has stopped enrollment at that previous institution - The student has not previously been enrolled at their current institution (that is, readmissions are not eligible to be transfers)

CEPI then takes all transfers discovered by methods 1 and/or 2, and compiles them into the data file.

View the enrollment data: record counts by institution for 2010-2019

* Years covered includes any year for which there is data available in this file. However, researchers should note that these data encompass the academic histories of any student receiving an award beginning with the 2010 school year. As such, the base file “years covered” encompasses 2010, but all other files may include earlier records as well.

Post-Secondary Student Programs

Highlights

Record Level: Student by program by school year session by institution 
Record Count: 1,994,786 observations/year beginning in 2010 
Years Covered: 2010-Present* 
Population Coverage: Students enrolled in or receiving an award from a Michigan public institution, as well as some out of state students from NSC.

The programs dataset includes one record per student, for each program the student is working toward at all institutions and school year session (for example, fall 2010-2011). For each record, session beginning and end dates are provided. Additionally, the dataset includes variables that reflect program type and description (such as “Major in Computer Science”). Program CIP codes and descriptions are also provided but due to reporting issues, many records reflect a null value.

CEPI conducts some deduplication of program records, as follows:

  • Drop records with a null program name if there is a corresponding record where all other key fields match and the program name field contains a value.
  • Drop records with a null program CIP code if there is a corresponding record where all other key fields match and the program CIP code field contains a value.
  • If both a STARR and an NSC program record exist where all key fields are identical, keep only the STARR record.

* Years covered includes any year for which there is data available in this file. However, researchers should note that these data encompass the academic histories of any student enrolled in or receiving an award beginning with the 2010 school year. As such, the base file “years covered” encompasses 2010, but all other files may include earlier records as well.

Codebook

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Category Sort descending Variable Description
Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: ADDITIONAL_ELIGIBILITY_FACTORS Description: 

Added in 2017-2018 Year Data: Additional factors used to determine a child’s eligibility for a Great Start Readiness Program.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: DELIVERY_METHOD_NAME Description: 

The name of the type of location where the child attends the reported program or receives early childhood services.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: PROGRAM_END_DATE Description: 

The date (month, day and year) the child last participated in a program or received services through the reported early childhood program. Note where Program Start Date = Program End date typically indicates a correction in submission and these records are normally filtered out.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: FISCAL_ENTITY_NAME Description: 

The state-assigned entity name identifying the entity receiving funding directly from the state to provide programs and/or services to the student/child reported.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: FISCAL_ENTITY_TYPE_CODE Description: 

The category code to which the fiscal entity belongs within EEM.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: PROVIDER_LICENSE_NUMBER Description: 

The license number assigned to the location a child receives early childhood services. License numbers are alphanumeric codes that are unique to each provider, as assigned by Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA). Tribal programs not licensed by the state may use a 14-digit code assigned by the Early Childhood Investment Corporation (ECIC) instead.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: FISCAL_ENTITY_CODE2 Description: 

Refer to definition of Fiscal_Entity_Code. Fiscal_Entity_Code2 identifies thesecond entity receiving funding for blended programs.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: FISCAL_ENTITY_NAME2 Description: 

The state-assigned entity name identifying the second fiscal entity receiving funding directly from the state to provide programs and/or services to the student/child reported.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: QUALIFYING_FACTORS Description: 

Added in 2017-2018 Year Data: A list of qualifying factors considered at the time child eligibility was determined for a Great Start Readiness Program. Qualifying factors are those which automatically prioritize a child for enrollment in GSRP.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: DELIVERY_SCHEDULE_NAME Description: 

The name of the primary schedule followed by the child for this program or service.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: PROGRAM_EXIT_REASON_CODE Description: 

The primary reason code for the child leaving the reported early childhood program or service.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: EARLY_CHILDHOOD_PROGRAM_NAME Description: 

The name of the early childhood program or service provided to the child.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IHE_ENTRY_DATE Description: 

The year, month and day of the first enrollment at the institution.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IHE_CONTROL Description: 

Designates whether an IHE is publicly or privately controlled.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IS_REMEDIAL_READING_SESSION Description: 

Y/N indicator of whether any remedial reading courses were taken during the session.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IHE_RESIDENCY_STATUS Description: 

A student’s residency status for tuition purposes.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IS_REMEDIAL_WRITING_SESSION Description: 

Y/N indicator of whether any remedial writing courses were taken during the session.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IHE_INSTATE_OUTSTATE Description: 

Designates whether an IHE is in Michigan or not in Michigan.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: MOD_CREDITS_ATTEMPTED_SESSION Description: 

Sum Total of STARR Credits Attempted and NSC FTE Days converted to Credits Earned, during a session.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IS_REMEDIAL_SESSION Description: 

Y/N indicator of whether remedial courses of any type were taken during the session.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IHE_GPA_TERM Description: 

The grade point average (GPA) for the respective academic session.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IHE_GPA_CUM Description: 

The cumulative grade point average (GPA) for all courses taken at the IHE by the end of the session.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: STUDENT_LEVEL_CODE Description: 

The level of education the student is working toward during the academic session. (NO LONGER COLLECTED as of 2017-18).

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: MOD_CREDITS_EARNED_INSTATE_CUM Description: 

Cumulative total to date of STARR Credits Earned and NSC FTE Days converted to Credits Earned, at all Michigan institutions the student has attended.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: MOD_CREDITS_EARNED_4YR_CUM Description: 

Cumulative total to date of STARR Credits Earned and NSC FTE Days converted to Credits Earned, at all 4 year institutions the student has attended.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IHE_TOTAL_CREDITS Description: 

Total (cumulative) credits earned at an IHE according to STARR data only.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IS_REMEDIAL_SCIENCE_SESSION Description: 

Y/N indicator of whether any remedial science courses were taken during the session.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: STUDENT_HOME_STATE Description: 

The name of the student's legal home permanent state or province.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IS_LEAVE_OF_ABSENCE Description: 

Indicator of whether ALL courses in a specific session had an enrollment status of ‘Leave of Absence’.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IS_REMEDIAL_ESL_SESSION Description: 

Y/N indicator of whether any remedial English as a Second Language (ESL) courses were taken during the session.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: ENROLLMENT_LEVEL Description: 

The student's enrollment level (undergraduate or graduate) at the IHE.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: MOD_CREDITS_EARNED_PRIVATE_CUM Description: 

Cumulative total to date of STARR Credits Earned and NSC FTE Days converted to Credits Earned, at all private institutions the student has attended.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IS_FULL_TIME_30 Description: 

An indicator of whether or not a student is a full time student using 30 attempted credits per academic school year as the metric.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IS_CC_SEEKING_TRNSFR_TO_4YR Description: 

Indicator of whether or not a student is enrolled at a community college with the intention of transferring to a 4-year institution only.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: MOD_CREDITS_EARNED_OUTSTATE_CUM Description: 

Cumulative total to date of STARR Credits Earned and NSC FTE Days converted to Credits Earned, at all out of state institutions the student has attended.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IS_FOR_PROFIT_IHE Description: 

Y/N field that designates whether an IHE operates on a for-profit basis.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IHE_PELL_STATUS Description: 

A value that indicates whether or not the student was eligible for or received a Pell Grant for the academic session.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IHE_HIGH_SCHOOL_STUDENT Description: 

An indication of high school student status; options are: Not High School Student, Dual Enrolled, Concurrent Enrollment, Early Middle College, and Other High School Student

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IHE_CTE_STATUS Description: 

A value that indicates a student's status of enrollment and completion in occupational programs as identified by CIP Code, occupational specialty courses, or general occupational courses or apprenticeship-related instruction.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: FALL_TOTAL_FTE Description: 

GeneralEdFTE + Section52FTE + Section53FTE from Fall collection

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: EXIT_STATUS_NAME Description: 

Descriptive name which correlates to student's exit status.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: COUNT_DAYS_IN_BUILDING Description: 

The number of fall and spring collection in which a student was submitted in the MSDS in the building as continuing, regardless of FTE.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IS_NON_RESIDENT Description: 

Indicates the student was attending the school as a non-resident during at least one of the collection periods in the school year.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: EXIT_STATUS_CODE Description: 

Code which correlates to the student's exit status.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IS_FALL_PRIMARY Description: 

Indicates the primary school record for the student for the fall time period. Eligible records are those in which the student was actively enrolled as a public school student (residency code)--a deduplication process is then used to set this flag to Y for only one record, most often the record from the PEPE (see Technical Notes). Missing values indicate the student was not reported in this entity in the Fall.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IS_FIRST_PRIMARY Description: 

Indicates the record from the first primary school seen for the student for the school year (IS_FALL_PRIMARY over IS_SPRING_PRIMARY over IS_EOY_PRIMARY).

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: EXIT_STATUS Description: 

The student's current enrollment status description with the operating district or primary reason the student is no longer enrolled in the school district.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IS_IEP_PLACED_ANOTHER_DISTRICT Description: 

Indicates when the student, as stipulated in his/her current IEP, participates in a center program, a cooperative-agreement program designed specifically for special education students or a cross-district special education program.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: DAYS_POSSIBLE Description: 

The total number of days that education services were available to the student. This is a cumulative number, from the first day the student could have attended (i.e. the first day of the school year, the date of new enrollment, or the beginning of a program [e.g., summer school]) through the last day of attendance (last day of school year, enrollment or program). For additional information about enrollment refer to the characteristic Enrollment Date in the Enrollment component.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: LEP_REENTRY_DATE Description: 

The date (month, day, and year) that the student was became re-engaged in either a Limited English Proficient (LEP) or an English as a Second Language (ESL) program or service.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: ENROLLMENT_DATE Description: 

The Enrollment Date from the CohortHistory record.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: SPECIAL_ED_EXIT_DATE Description: 

The month, day and year of the first day after the date a student last participated in special education programs or services because of the reason reported in Special Education Exit Reason.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: SCHOOL_LOCALE Description: 

A measure of a school's geographic status on an urban continuum that ranges from "large city" to "rural" as determined by NCES.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: PROGRAM_START_DATE Description: 

The date (month, day and year) the child first participated in a program or received services through the reported early childhood program. Note where Program Start Date = Program End date typically indicates a correction in submission and these records are normally filtered out.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: SPECIAL_ED_EXIT_REASON Description: 

The reason the student is no longer participating in special education programs or services.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IS_SPRING_PRIMARY Description: 

Indicates the primary school record for the student for the spring time period. Eligible records are those in which the student was actively enrolled for that time period as a public school student (residency code)--a deduplication process is then used to set this flag to Y for only one, most often the record from the PEPE (see Technical Notes). Missing values indicate the student was not reported in this entity in the Spring.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: LEP_EXIT_DATE Description: 

The date (month, day, and year) that the student was no longer engaged in either an LEP or an ESL program or service.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: ENTITY_TYPE Description: 

Labels the entity by type (e.g., ISD School, LEA Unique Education Provider, Nonpublic School, College/University, etc.)

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IS_MOST_PRIMARY Description: 

Indicates the primary record according to which school was the student's primary school for the most collection periods (fall, spring, end of year). If no school was the primary school for 2 or more periods, then this flag is assigned to the first primary school of the school year.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: EXIT_DATE Description: 

The Exit Date from the CohortHistory record.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IS_EOY_PRIMARY Description: 

Indicates the primary school record for the student for the end-of-year time period. Eligible records are those in which the student was actively enrolled for that time period as a public school student (residency code) OR was a graduating student--a deduplication process is then used to set this flag to Y for only one, most often the record with the most recent As Of Date.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: DAYS_ATTENDED Description: 

The total number of days that the student actually attended or received educational services.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: IS_SCHOOL_OF_CHOICE Description: 

Indicates the student was attending the school as a non-resident and using the Section 105 Schools of Choice option during at least one of the collection periods in the school year.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: SPRING_TOTAL_FTE Description: 

GeneralEdFTE + Section52FTE + Section53FTE from Spring collection

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: FALL_SPECIAL_EDUCATION_FTE Description: 

Section52FTE + Section53FTE from Fall collection

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: SPRING_SPECIAL_EDUCATION_FTE Description: 

Section52FTE + Section53FTE from Spring collection

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: PROGRAM_EXIT_REASON_NAME Description: 

The primary reason name for the child leaving the reported early childhood program or service.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: EARLY_CHILDHOOD_PROGRAM_CODE Description: 

The code for the early childhood program or service provided to the child.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: FISCAL_ENTITY_CODE Description: 

The state-assigned entity code identifying the entity receiving funding directly from the state to provide programs and/or services to the student/child reported.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: FISCAL_ENTITY_TYPE_NAME Description: 

The category name to which the fiscal entity belongs within EEM.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: DELIVERY_SCHEDULE_CODE Description: 

The code for the primary schedule followed by the child for this program or service.

Category: Enrollment and Attendance Variable: COUNT_DAYS_IN_DISTRICT Description: 

The number of fall and spring collections in which a student was submitted in the MSDS in the district as continuing, regardless of FTE.

Category: Graduation Records Variable: COURT_ORDERED_FACILITY Description: 

Facilities that solely serve neglected and/or delinquent children and youth as defined by Title I, Part D.

Category: Graduation Records Variable: DROPOUT Description: 

Indicates if the student was a Dropout for graduation cohort purposes.

Category: Graduation Records Variable: EXEMPT Description: 

Indicates if the student is Exempt for graduation rate purposes.

Category: Graduation Records Variable: IS_SCHOOL_NONPUBLIC Description: 

Indicates if the graduating school is non-public.

Category: Graduation Records Variable: FIVE_YEAR Description: 

Indicator for students who earned a regular high school diploma in 5 years.

Category: Graduation Records Variable: SIX_YEAR Description: 

Indicator for students who earned a regular high school diploma in 6 years.

Category: Graduation Records Variable: FOUR_YEAR Description: 

Indicator for students who earned a regular high school diploma in 4 years.

Category: Graduation Records Variable: IS_EMC_PROGRAM Description: 

Indicates that the student is enrolled in a Early Middle College program.

Category: Graduation Records Variable: OFFTRACK Description: 

Indicates if the student's expected graduation date or graduation date is later than their cohort year.

Category: K12 Building Variable: COUNTY_NAME Description: 

The name of the county.

Category: K12 Building Variable: COUNTY_CODE Description: 

The official state-assigned two-digit code denoting the county location of the entity.

Category: K12 Building Variable: CONTRACTOR_STATUS Description: 

The profit status of the management organization associated with the PSA. For-profit management organizations are called EMOs and non-profit management organizations are called CMOs. These organizations provide managerial services to a district.

Category: K12 Building Variable: CONTACT_PHONE Description: 

This aligns with the current school principal information-Principals Phone number

Category: K12 Building Variable: CYBER_SCHOOL Description: 

Flag to specify if this entity is authorized to offer instruction for a cyber school virtual school setting.

Category: K12 Building Variable: CAREER_TECH_ED Description: 

Flag denoting a school that focuses primarily on providing secondary students with an occupationally relevant or career-related curriculum, including formal preparation for vocational, technical or professional occupations.

Category: K12 Building Variable: GR_12_ACTUAL Description: 

Flag to specify if this entity is offering instruction of Twelfth grade students.

Category: K12 Building Variable: CONTACT_LAST_NAME Description: 

This aligns with the current school principal information-Principals Last Name

Category: K12 Building Variable: CONTACT_FIRST_NAME Description: 

This aligns with the current school principal information-Principals First Name

Category: K12 Building Variable: CONTACT_EMAIL Description: 

This aligns with the current school principal information-Principals Email

Category: K12 Building Variable: COMM_ELIG_OPTION Description: 

Flag denoting if this entity has the Community Eligibility Provision. The Community Eligibility Provision provides schools in high-poverty areas a means of sharing with USDA the cost of providing free breakfast and lunch to all students without applications.

Category: K12 Building Variable: CHARTERING_ORG_NAME Description: 

Name of the charter authorizer for the PSA district.

Category: K12 Building Variable: CHARTERING_ORG_CODE Description: 

Code of the charter authorizer for the PSA district.

Category: K12 Building Variable: CHARTER_AUTHORIZER_TYPE Description: 

The entity type for the chartering authorizer (i.e. district, ISD, and higher education institution).

Category: K12 Building Variable: CHART_ORG_PHYS_ZIP Description: 

Chartering org physical address ZIP

Category: K12 Building Variable: CHART_ORG_PHYS_CITY Description: 

Chartering org physical address City

Category: K12 Building Variable: CHART_ORG_PHYS_ADD_LINE_TWO Description: 

Chartering org physical address line two

Category: K12 Building Variable: CHART_ORG_PHYS_ADD_LINE_ONE Description: 

Chartering org physical address line one

Category: K12 Building Variable: PART_TIME_VIRTUAL_SCHOOL Description: 

Flag to specify if this entity is authorized to offer instruction for a part time virtual school setting. Retired as of the Fall 2017 EEM collection.