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GaFutures

Introduction

The GaFutures extract generates the following record types with the required record separator (ascii 30):

  • File Header
  • School Demographics
  • Student Demographics
  • Academic Session
  • Course
  • College Entrance Tests
  • Immunization Information

The Georgia Student Finance Commission (GSFC) collects the data from this report for the state Electronic Transcript Exchange process and for HOPE (Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally) scholarships and grants. This report is for high school grades only (grades 9 and above).

Selection Criteria

Selection criteria determine which database records are used in the report.

Student Selection

The report selects records from the [Students] table that meet the following criteria:

  • The student must not be excluded from state reporting.
  • The student must be currently enrolled in the school, where [Students]Enroll_Status=0, or graduated in the current year, where [Students]Enroll_Status=3.

Report Input

For help with navigation and running the report, see How to Find and Generate a Report.

Field

Description

Select Schools

Choose one of the following:

  • Current School Only – Includes all student records associated with the current school that meet selection criteria. To change the current school, click the School link at the top of the page and choose the appropriate school from the list.
  • All Schools – Includes all student records on the PowerSchool server that meet selection criteria.

Note: The All Schools option is only available when running the report from the District Office.

Students to Include

Run the report for the current selection of students or all students.

Select grade levels for courses

Choose which grades to include, 7-12 or 9-12.

Selection of 7-12 will include grade 7 and 8 courses.

Select historical score to pull

Select the type of historical score from the pop up menu.

  • Percent (default)
  • Grade

Courses to report

Select the Store Code type from the pop up menu.

  • (1) Limit to Store Codes of S1 and S2 (default)
  • (2) Limit to Historical Grades which have Potential Credit Hours
  • (3) Pull Historical Grades regardless of Store Codes

Force enroll status to G (graduated)?

Select to force the graduation status from the pop up menu.

  • Yes – Force to Graduated (student’s status will be G in the extract only)
  • No – Pull enroll status from PowerSchool (default)

Remove the selected Students

Select to set the Remove Student Indicator status from the pop up menu.

  • Yes (set the Remove Student Indicator to R)
  • No (default – blank)

Calculate GPA

Choose Yes or No to have GPA included in the report.

Selecting this option will increase the run report time due to background GPA processing.

Note: During this calculation, the Weighting Indicator field is taken into account, in the following priority:

  1. Stored Grades ([S_GA_SGR_X]WeightingInd)
  2. Section ([S_GA_SEC_X]WeightingInd)
  3. Course ([S_GA_CRS_X]WeightingInd)

Use Alternate Course Number

Choose Yes or No to use alternate course numbers in the report.

Alternate course numbers replace the regular course numbers.

This parameter is used by private schools that do not use SBOE course numbers as the regular course number and have entered SBOE course numbers as the Alternate Course Number.

Report Output

Each of the fields displayed in the output of the report are described below. See Understanding the Report Output Table for a definition of each column in the table.

Item #

Data Element

Description

[Table]FieldName

Length

File Header Record

A File Header Record is the first record in the GaFutures Transcript extract. There is one occurrence of this record in the extract.

1

Record ID

Always extracted as HR.

N/A

2

2

Transcript Record Layout Version

Always extracted as XSTFF1.1.

N/A

8

3

Transcript Extract Date

The date the report was run, extracted in the format YYYYMMDD.

N/A

8

School Demographics - 01

There is one occurrence of the School Demographics (01) record in the extract.

1

Record ID

Always extracted as 01.

N/A

2

2

School CEEB Code

The CEEB code for the school.

[Schools]Alternate_School_Number

[S_GA_SCH_X]CEEB_Code

or

[Schools]school_number

6-7

3

School Name

The name of the school.

[Schools]Name

60 max

4

School Address

The address of the school.

[Schools]SchoolAddress

55 max

5

School City

The city of the school.

[Schools]SchoolCity

2-30

6

School State

The state of the school.

[Schools]SchoolState

2

7

School Zip Code

The zip code of the school.

[Schools]SchoolZip

3-15

8

School Phone

The area code and phone number for the school.

[Schools]SchoolPhone

1-80

9

School Fax

The area code and fax number of the school.

[Schools]SchoolFax

1-80

Student Demographics - 02

There is one occurrence of the Student Demographics (02) record in the extract.

1

Record ID

Always extracted as 02.

N/A

2

2

Remove Student Indicator

Indicates the status of the remove indicator for the student.

N/A

1

3

Student ID

The student GTID.

Note: For private schools ([S_SCH_X]SchoolType = 1), the student number is extracted when the GTID is unavailable.

[Students]Student_Number

[Students]State_Studentnumber

1-30

4

Student Social Security Number

The student’s social security number, extracted with dashes.

[Students]SSN

11

5

Student Last Name

The student last name.

Note: The legal last name field is extracted, if populated.

[StudentCoreFields]PSCore_Legal_Last_Name

[Students]Last_Name

1-60

6

Student First Name

The student’s first name.

Note: The legal first name field is extracted, if populated.

[StudentCoreFields]PSCore_Legal_First_Name

[Students]First_Name

1-60

7

Student Middle Name

The Student’s middle name.

Note: The legal middle name is extracted, if populated.

[StudentCoreFields]PSCore_Legal_Middle_Name

[Students]Middle_Name

1-60

8

Student Address

The street number and name or P.O. Box for the student address.

[Students]Street

20 max

9

Student City

The city for the student address.

[Students]City

2-30

10

Student State

The state for the student address.

[Students]State

2

11

Student Zip Code

The zip code for the student address.

[Students]Zip

3-15

12

Student Phone Number

The area code and phone number for the student.

[Students]Home_Phone

1-80

13

Date of Birth

The student’s date of birth, reported in the format YYYYMMDD.

[Students]DOB

8

14

Gender Code

The student's gender.

Note: The legal gender field is extracted, if populated.

[StudentCoreFields]PSCore_Legal_Gender 

[Students]Gender

1

15

Race/Ethnicity

The race/ethnicity of the student.

[Students]Ethnicity

80 max

16

High School Graduation Date

The student’s graduation date, reported in the format YYYY.

[Students]Sched_YearOfGraduation

4

17

Current Grade Level

The student’s current grade level at the time of the report.

[Students]Grade_Level

1-2

18

Grade Point Average A

The student’s GPA determined by the Hope-1 GPA method.

Determined at report runtime.

1-7

19

Grade Point Average B

The student’s GPA determined by the Hope-2 GPA method.

Determined at report runtime.

1-7

20

Class Rank

Indicates the academic rank of a student in relation to their graduating class.

[ClassRank]Rank

1-4

21

Class Size

The total number of students based on the Class Rank student pool.

[ClassRank]OutOf

1-5

22

Class Rank 2

Always extracted as -1.

N/A

1-4

23

Enter Date

The date the student first entered the ninth grade, reported in the format YYYYMMDD.

[S_GA_STU_X]EntryDate_9th

8

24

Leave Date

The student’s exit date, reported in the format YYYYMMDD.

[Students]ExitDate

8

25

Graduation Date

The student’s graduation date, reported in the format YYYYMMDD.

[Students]ExitDate

8

26

Parent Name

The parent’s name.

[Students]Father

1-60

27

Parent Address 1

The street number and name or P.O. Box for the parent address.

[Students]Street

55 max

28

Parent Address 2

Not collected.

N/A

55 max

29

Parent City

The city for the parent address.

[Students]City

2-30

30

Parent State Code

The state for the parent address.

[Students]State

2

31

Parent Zip Code

The zip code for the parent address.

[Students]Zip

3-15

32

Parent Phone Number

The area code and phone number for the parent.

[Students]Father_Home_Phone

1-80

33

Student’s Counselor Name

Not collected.

N/A

1-80

34

Student Status

The enrollment status for the student. Only valid values are E and G.

PowerSchool Enroll status values are converted as follows:

-1 – Pre-Registered

0 – E

1 – Inactive

2 – Transferred

3 – G

4 – ImportedAsHistorical,Inactive

[Students]Enroll_Status

1-3

35

Diploma Type

The student’s diploma type.

[S_GA_STU_X]DiplomaType

[S_GA_REN_X]DiplomaType

1-3

36

Graduation Program of Study

Indicates the student’s plans post-graduation.

[GradReqSets]Name

1-3

37

Grade Point Average A Label

Calculated based on GPA method of weighted cumulative.

Determined at report runtime.

80 max

38

Grade Point Average B Label

Calculated based on GPA method of simple cumulative.

Determined at report runtime.

80 max

Academic Session - 03

The Academic Session (03) record is repeated as needed in the extract.

1

Record ID

Always extracted as 03.

N/A

2

2

School Name

The name of the school.

[StoredGrades]SchoolName

60 max

3

Session Date

The session date, reported in the format YYYYMM.

[Terms]LastDay

6

4

Student Level

The grade level of the student based on term of enrollment.

[StoredGrades]Grade_Level

1-2

5

Term Name

The name of the term.

[Terms]Abbreviation

60 max

6

Start Date

The first day of the term, reported in the format YYYYMMDD.

[Terms]FirstDay

8

7

End Date

The last day of the term, reported in the format YYYYMMDD.

[Terms]LastDay

8

Course - 04

The Course (04) record is repeated as needed in the extract.

1

Record ID

Always extracted as 04.

N/A

2

2

Course Academic Credit Hours

The credit hours for the course.

[StoredGrades]PotentialCrHrs

1-7

3

Course Academic Credit Hours Earned

The student’s earned credit hours for the course.

[StoredGrades]EarnedCrHrs

1-7

4

Academic Grade Awarded

The student’s grade for the course.

[StoredGrades]Percent

or

[StoredGrades]Grade

1-3

5

Course Honors Indicator

Not collected.

N/A

1

6

Course College Prep Indicator

Not collected.

N/A

1

7

Course Title

The title of the course.

[StoredGrades]Course_Name

60 max

8

Course Number

The course number.

Can be replaced by alternate course numbers using report input parameters.

[StoredGrades]Course_Number

[Courses]Alt_Course_Number

30 max

9

Course Repeat Indicator

Not collected.

N/A

1

10

Course Subject Area

The subject area for the course.

[StoredGrades]Credit_Type

50 max

11

Credit Qualifier Indicator

Indicates the credit qualifier status for the course.

[S_GA_SGR_X]CreditQualifier

[S_GA_CRS_X]CreditQualifier

or

[S_GA_SEC_X]CreditQualifier

10 max

12

Other High School Indicator

The name of the other school; not the current school name. Truncated to 10 characters.

[StoredGrades]SchoolName

10 max

13

POS – Program of Study

Not collected.

N/A

50 max

14

Weighting Indicator

The weighting indicator for the course.

[S_GA_CRS_X]WeightingInd

[S_GA_SEC_X]WeightingInd

[S_GA_SGR_X]WeightingInd

15 max

College Entrance Tests - 05

The College Entrance Tests (05) record is repeated as needed in the extract.

1

Record ID

Always extracted as 05.

N/A

2

2

Test Name

The name of the test.

[StudentTest]TestID

(convert TestID to Test Name)

60 max

3

Test Date

The date of the test, reported in the format YYYYMM.

[StudentTest]Test_Date

6

4

Test Score

The test score.

[StudentTestScore]NumScore

80 max

5

Subtest Name

The name of the subtest.

[StudentTestScore]TestScoreID

60 max

6

Test Note

Not collected.

N/A

80 max

Immunization Information - 06

The Immunization Information (06) record is repeated as needed in the extract.

1

Record ID

Always extracted as 06.

N/A

2

2

Immunization Description

The immunization description in three records:

  • Polio
  • MMR
  • DPT

N/A

100 max

3

Immunization Date 1

The date of the student’s immunization, reported in the format YYYYMMDD.

[Students]immunization_polio

or

[Students]immunization_mmr

or

[Students]immunization_dpt

8

4

Immunization Date 2

Not collected.

N/A

8

5

Immunization Date 3

Not collected.

N/A

8

6

Immunization Date 4

Not collected.

N/A

8

7

Immunization Date 5

Not collected.

N/A

8

8

Immunization Date 6

Not collected.

N/A

8

9

Immunization Date 7

Not collected.

N/A

8

10

Immunization Date 8

Not collected.

N/A

8

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