1. DRC File Business Rules
Students in grades 3 – 12.
Student’s first name and last name are not missing.
Special characters in a student’s name (except dashes and apostrophes) have been removed.
The student’s birthday is no earlier than Jan 1, 1992 and no later than Dec 31,
The student’s school entry date, district entry date, and state entry date form a valid combination.
For students remaining after applying rules 1 - 5, the student ID must be reported by only one LEA.  When more than one LEA reports a student, the following rules will be applied:

2. DRC File Business Rules (Continued)
The student is reported at one or more Occupational (part-time) CTC and one other LEA of any type. DRC will receive the record submitted by the other LEA.
The student is reported at one Comprehensive (full-time) CTC and one or more school districts.  DRC will receive the record submitted by the Comprehensive (full-time) CTC.
The student is reported at one IU and one or more school districts.  DRC will receive the record submitted by the IU.
The student is reported at one charter school and one or more school districts.  DRC will receive the record submitted by the charter school.
The student is reported at one APS and one or more school districts.  DRC will receive the record submitted by the APS.
The student is reported at one PRRI and one or more school districts.  DRC will receive the record submitted by the PRRI.
The student is reported by multiple school districts, DRC will receive the record submitted by the district with the latest district entry date.

3. Valid Enrollment Combinations for FAY Status
Enroll after 10/1/13 in School
Enroll after 10/1/13 in District
PA resident after 10/1/13
Enroll after 10/1/12 in School but before 10/1/13
Enroll after 10/1/12 in District but before 10/1/13
NOT FAY Y N
FAY

4. Precode Extract Errors – Invalid Enrollment Combinations
Cognos Reports - PIMS Public folders > eScholar Framework for Cognos – Production > Precode Reports
Precode Extract Errors – Invalid Enrollment Combinations
Precode Extract Errors – Disaggregation Fields
Precode Extract Warnings – Students at Location 9999
Precode Extract Warnings – Duplicate Students Reported by Other LEAs
Precode Extract Warnings – Reporting District and District of Residence Differ
Precode Report by School, Grade, Home Room
Precode Accuracy Certification Statement (ACS)
To ensure complete, accurate data, review the following VALIDATION reports:
Student Snapshot
School Enrollment
Program Fact

5. PIMS Reports / Cognos - PIMS

6. How PIMS Data Affects Precode Labels
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