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PowerSchool SIS
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PowerSchool Data Dictionary
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Release Notes
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About South Carolina State Reporting
School funding in South Carolina is based, in part, on two acts:
- Education Finance Act (EFA)
- Education Improvement Act (EIA)
School funding is partly based on students’ EFA classifications. Under the EFA, funding is weighted according to membership in certain types of programs. For example, students enrolled in programs designed to overcome learning disabilities are funded at a higher rate than students in general programs.
The EIA provides funding for expenditures on programs such as Advanced Placement and Gifted and Talented classes. A student is assigned an EIA code if they are enrolled in a designated program. A student may have no EIA codes, or as many as 10 EIA codes. As with EFA codes, school funding is based partly on how many students have each EIA code on the 45th and 135th school day of each school year.
To accurately determine your school district’s funding, you must enter the self-contained Class and the EFA and EIA codes into student records. You must validate these entries against three tables provided by the South Carolina Department of Education:
- EFA Codes/Grades
- EFA/EIA Compatibility
- EIA Codes/Grades
South Carolina Resources
The following resources provide additional information for South Carolina state reporting: