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Defining Federal Ethnicity and Race Settings

Define global ethnicity settings, and race codes and meanings.

Start Page > District Setup > Federal Ethnicity and Race Settings

Federal Ethnicity and Race Settings

Data Element

Additional Information

[Table] Field Name

Length

Used in these Reports

Ethnicity Decline to Specify

Select the checkbox if ethnicity is not required.

Enter a value to display as the label for the checkbox on the Demographics student page.

Note: This should never be checked for Texas.

[Prefs]FRE_AllowDeclineEthnicity

[Prefs]FRE_DeclineEthnicityText

N/A

N/A

Race Decline to Specify

Select the checkbox if race is not required.

Enter a value to display as the label for the checkbox on the Demographics student page.

Note: This should never be checked for Texas.

[Prefs]FRE_AllowDeclineRace

[Prefs]FRE_DeclineRaceText

N/A

N/A

Creating Federal Race Categories

Federal Ethnicity and Race Settings > [New/Edit] Federal Race Category

Data Element

Additional Information

[Table] Field Name

Length

Used in these Reports

Code

Enter the federal race category code.

Code= 1

Description- (1) American Indian or Alaskan Native

Code= 2

Description- (2) Asian

Code=3

Description- (3) Black or African American

Code= 4

Description- (4) Native Hawaiian/Other Pac Islander

Code= 5

Description- (5) White

Required.

[Gen]Name

[Gen]Cat=federalrace

1

AAR

Campus Summary

PEIMS Data Submission (all reports)

Proration Report

Student Detail Report

TREx

Description

Enter the federal race category description.

[Gen]Value

[Gen]Cat= federalrace

N/A

N/A

Sort Order

When you click Submit, the Federal Ethnicity and Race Settings page appears. Enter a sort order for the federal race category.

[Gen]SortOrder

[Gen]Cat=federalrace

N/A

N/A

Creating District Race Codes

Federal Ethnicity and Race Settings > [New/Edit] District Race Codes

Data Element

Additional Information

[Table] Field Name

Length

Used in these Reports

Code

Enter the district race code.

Code= 1

Description- (1) American Indian or Alaskan Native

Code= 2

Description- (2) Asian

Code=3

Description- (3) Black or African American

Code= 4

Description- (4) Native Hawaiian/Other Pac Islander

Code= 5

Description- (5) White

Required.

[Gen]Name

[Gen]Cat=race

1

AAR

Campus Summary

PEIMS Data Submission (all reports)

Proration Report

Student Detail Report

TREx

Description

Enter the district race description.

[Gen]Value

[Gen]Cat= race

N/A

N/A

Federal Category

Choose the associated federal race category from the pop-up menu.

[Gen]Value

[Gen]Cat=race

N/A

N/A


Gender Pronouns

Use this page to set the alternate gender pronouns to be used in PowerSchool.

Start Page > District Setup > Gender Pronouns

Data Element

Additional Information

In Place of he/she

Specify the pronoun to be used in the place of

he/she

In Place of He/She

Specify the pronoun to be used in the place of

He/She

In Place of him/her

Specify the pronoun to be used in the place of

him/her

In Place of his/her

Specify the pronoun to be used in the place of

his/her

In Place of His/Her

Specify the pronoun to be used in the place of

His/Her

In Place of son/daughter

Specify the pronoun to be used in the place of son/daughter


 Scheduling Ethnicity CodesDefine global Ethnicity Codes for Scheduling and ReportingStart Page > District Setup > Scheduling/Reporting Ethnicity Codes > New Scheduling/Reporting Ethnicity CodesData ElementAdditional InformationCodeEnter the new codeDescriptionEnter the description and Submit.

Reporting Ethnicity Codes

Data Element

Additional Information

[Table] Field Name

Length

Used in these Reports

Ethnicity Codes

Define all ethnicity codes as required by PEIMS.

Reference Table C014 for additional details.

1=American Indian or Alaskan Native

2=Asian or Pacific Islander

3=Black, not of Hispanic origin

4=Hispanic

5=White, not of Hispanic origin

This field is no longer used for PEIMS; however, it is used for TREx and AAR for students that graduated prior to 2011. The field is also used for PowerSchool reports including Enrollment Summary.

[Gen]Name

[Gen]Value

N/A

AAR

TREx