Location Fact Template - Safe School
Introduction
se this report to generate a list of Habitual Truancy students; counts are collected by grade level, ethnicity, and gender
Important: To calculate Truancy records, you must have a PowerSchool version that supports the setup of Attendance Tracking Notification at the district and school level. You must also run the Refresh Attendance Tracking Data Report under the System tab on the Reports page prior to running the Location Fact Template.
Selection Criteria
Selection criteria determine which database records are used in the report. Refer to the selection criteria for analysis when the report does not return the correct records.
Truancy Selection Criteria
Students not excluded from state reporting.
School not excluded from state reporting.
Truancy records are calculated based on the setup of Attendance Tracking and Notification.
Report Input
For help with report generation and navigation, see How to Find and Generate a Report.
Field | Description |
Select Schools | Indicate which schools to include in the report by selecting from the following options: If sub-districts are not enabled:
If sub-districts are enabled:
If run at the school level, the report includes all records associated with the current school that meet the selection criteria. To change the current school, click School at the top of the page and choose the appropriate school from the list. |
Students to Include | Indicate which students to include in the report by selecting one of the following options:
If running the report for a single student, or group of students, select the students before running the report. |
Report State Date* | Enter the start date for the reporting period. |
Report End Date* | Enter the end date for the reporting period. |
Number of Unlawful Absences to constitute Habitual Truancy (from ATN Unlawful Triggers)* | From the pop-up menu select the level of Unlawful Absences applicable to your Districts policies. The aggregated data will be based on this selection. Note: The values displayed in the pop-up menu are derived from the ATN setup of triggers in District setup. |
Select Sub District | This option will only appear if your district supports sub districts. Leave blank to run the report for all calendars or select a sub district to run the report for a sub district and all schools that are part of that sub district. |
Field Delimiter | From the pop-up menu, select the format for your extract. Tab, Comma, and Pipe. |
Include Headers Labels in output files? | Choose Yes to include column headers in the extract file. Including column headers provides a heading for each type of data extracted in the report. |
Scheduling | Select when to run the report. |
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 | Field Type | Field Length |
1 | Submitting District Code | The unique 9-digit Administrative Unit Number assigned by the PDE. This field is extracted from Start Page > District Setup > District Information. | [Prefs]Value where [Prefs]Name=PA_districtAUN If sub-districts are enabled: [CST_SubDistricts]Subdistrict_Number | Alpha-numeric | 20 |
2 | Location Code | The 4-digit code identifying the school assigned by the PDE. This field is extracted from Start Page > District Setup > Schools/School Info > Edit School. | [Students]SchoolID [S_PA_SCH_X]PIMS_Location_Code If sub-districts are enabled: [CST_SchoolSubDistricts]SchoolID | Alpha-numeric | 4 |
3 | Reporting Date | June 30th of the current school year, is used to designate a school year. For example, 2012-06-30 is reported for the 2011-2012 school year. | N/A | Alpha-numeric | 10 |
4 | Category 1 | The highest level of the aggregated data being submitted. TRUANCY INCIDENTS* For schools reporting zero Incidents | N/A | Alpha-numeric | N/A |
5 | Category 2 | The second level of the aggregated data being submitted. GRADE ETHNICITY GENDER | N/A | Alpha-numeric | N/A |
6 | Category 3 | The third level of the aggregated data being submitted. See Appendix AA – Categories to use in the Location Fact Template in Volume 2 of the Pennsylvania Information Management System User Manual for an explanation and sample of each possible category. | N/A | Alpha-numeric | N/A |
7 | Category 4 | The fourth level of the aggregated data being submitted. This value is blank for truancy data. | N/A | Alpha-numeric | N/A |
8 | Not Collected | Not Collected | Not Collected | N/A | N/A |
9 | Not Collected | Not Collected | Not Collected | N/A | N/A |
10 | Not Collected | Not Collected | Not Collected | N/A | N/A |
11 | Not Collected | Not Collected | Not Collected | N/A | N/A |
12 | Not Collected | Not Collected | Not Collected | N/A | N/A |
13 | Not Collected | Not Collected | Not Collected | N/A | N/A |
14 | Measure Type | This column always defaults to COUNT. | N/A | Alpha-numeric | 10 |
15 | Count | The count of students in each category. | Calculated | Numeric | 7 with one decimal place |
16 | Not Collected | Not Collected | Not Collected | N/A | N/A |
17 | Not Collected | Not Collected | Not Collected | N/A | N/A |
18 | Not Collected | Not Collected | Not Collected | N/A | N/A |