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Foreign Exchange Students



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Foreign Exchange Students


New York State students who participate in foreign exchange programs should have their enrollment continued in the SIRS. Do not end the enrollment record for these students when they leave the country to attend the foreign exchange program. Students from outside the United States who participate in foreign exchange programs in New York State and are reported in SIRS should be reported with Reason for Beginning Enrollment Code 0022: Foreign exchange student enrollment in building or grade and Reason for Ending Enrollment Code 442: Left the U.S.

Free or Reduced-Price Lunch Students


Students who have an approved lunch application or other documentation acceptable to the federal lunch program should be reported for free or reduced-price lunch (FRPL) purposes.

Students may be reported as qualifying for a FREE lunch if they:



  1. are found during the federally mandated Direct Certification Matching Process (DCMP) using the electronic file of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, the former Food Stamps Program) and Medicaid-eligible students whose record exists in the Child Nutrition Management System;

  2. are named on an eligibility letter for free school meals/milk from the NYSED/NYS Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance (OTDA) as being eligible for SNAP, or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). These letters are generated from the August DCMP file and are mailed in August of each new school year;




  1. reside in a household of a student who has been deemed free eligible based on the DCMP or the receipt of an eligibility letter for free school meals/milk;

  2. are documented as homeless, foster, or migrant;

  3. are documented as in a program for the Runaway and Homeless Youth act;

  4. are documented to be in a federal Headstart program;

  5. have a National School Lunch Program (NSLP) application approved for free lunch; or

  6. are documented to be in a Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR).

 Students may be reported as qualifying for a reduced-price lunch only if they have a completed National School Lunch Program (NSLP) application and have a reported family income of 131 to 185 percent, inclusive, of the federal poverty level as determined using the federal income guidelines established for the current school year.

 Carryover of previous year’s eligibility is for up to 30 operating days (whether meals are served or not) into the current school year or until a new eligibility determination has been made, whichever is first. If a new eligibility determination for the current school year has not been made by BEDS day and a student is within the 30-day carryover period, the student should be reported as qualifying for either free or reduced-price lunch.

Students who have met the eligibility requirements for the federal Free Lunch Program must be reported with Program Service Code 5817: Free Lunch Program. Students who have met the eligibility requirements for the federal Free Breakfast Program and/or the federal Free Milk Program must also be reported with Program Service Code 5817: Free Lunch Program.

For districts participating in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP), actual current eligibility determinations must be made for BEDS reporting purposes. This can be done by conducting the Direct Certification Matching Process (DCMP) with Child Nutrition Program SNAP and Medicaid data along with the collection of family income from an alternate eligibility form. NOTE: Districts may not report that all students in a CEP site are free (Program Service Code 5817: Free Lunch Program) solely because they are attending a CEP participating school. If you have previous year eligibility determinations for students in schools participating in CEP, you may use that eligibility during the 30-day carryover period for BEDS reporting.

Students who have met the eligibility requirements for the federal Reduced-Price Lunch Program must be reported with Program Service Code 5806: Reduced-Price Lunch Program. Students who have met the eligibility requirements for the federal Reduced-Price Breakfast Program must also be reported with Program Service Code 5806: Reduced-Price Lunch Program. Include students whose participation is as a result of the 30-day carryover provision.

Graduates


All students who graduated in the current reporting year must be reported with a Postgraduate Plan Description, Credential Type Description, Career Pathway, and First Date of Entry into Grade 9 in the Student_Lite Table and a Reason for Ending Enrollment Code 799 — Graduated (earned a Regents or local diploma) in the School_Entry/Exit Table.
Beginning with the 2015-16 school year, all students who were awarded Regents diplomas, Career Development & Occupational Studies Commencement Credentials, and/or Skills & Achievement Commencement Credentials must be reported in SIRS; nonpublic schools will no longer report graduate counts on the Graduation Report for Nonpublic Schools form.

High School Equivalency (HSE) Students


Districts must report all resident students enrolled in an approved AHSEP program. Students who transfer from a district school other than by a court order to an approved AHSEP program within or outside the district must be reported by the school and district with a Reason for Ending Enrollment Code 289: Transferred to an approved AHSEP program and a Reason for Beginning Enrollment Code 5654 — Enrollment in a AHSEP program with the BEDS code of the approved AHSEP program for the BEDS code of location. Students who are placed by court order in a jail and participate in an approved AHSEP program must be reported with a Reason for Ending Enrollment Code 1089 — Transferred to an approved GED program outside this district.

Students who end enrollment in a district school to attend a community-based program that is not an approved AHSEP program must be reported with a Reason for Ending Enrollment Code 306 — Transferred to other high school equivalency (GED) preparation program.


Recipients of Commencement Credentials (that are not awarded as a supplement to a Diploma) or High School Equivalency diplomas who return to pursue a local diploma should be reported at the grade level the district determines to be appropriate. Recipients of High School Equivalency diplomas who return to pursue a Career Development & Occupational Studies Commencement Credential should also be reported at the grade level the district determines to be appropriate. Such returning students should be given a new enrollment record and all other required data.


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