Alternative Education (Georgia)

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Alternative Education programs are designed to meet the needs of public school students who have not been successful in the traditional setting. Students are provided with a variety of options that can lead to graduation and are supported by services essential to success.

Students may have multiple Alternative Education records. 


Screenshot of the Alternative Education EditorGeorgia Alternative Education Editor


Use the Federal/State Program Updater tool to import Alternative Education information to this tool.

Add an Alternative Education Record

Fields in red with an asterisk are required.

  1. Click the New button. An Alternative Education Detail editor displays.
  2. Enter the applicable information for the student. This may include state or district defined fields.
  3. Click the Save icon when finished. The saved record displays in the Alternative Education summary.

Print a Summary Report of Alternative Education Records

A Summary Report of a student's Alternative Education records can be generated by clicking Print Summary Report.


Screenshot of the Alternative Education Print Summary output. Georgia Alternative Education Print Summary

Alternative Education Field Descriptions

The fields listed here may not be the fields available in your state.

FieldDescriptionAd hoc Field Name
Start Date
Required

Reports the start date for the Alternative Education record. 

altProgram.startDate
End Date

Reports the end date for the Alternative Education record.

altProgram.endDate
Program Status

By default, the name of the program.

altProgram.programStatus
Program Type
Required
Defines the type of program to which the student is assigned.
CommentsUse this field to enter any comments. Comments are limited to 255 characters.altProgram.comments
Created ByDisplays in the Editor. The district name, date, and timestamp indicating who created the entry are auto-generated. 
Modified ByDisplays in the Detail Editor. Indicates the person who last saved the selected record.
State Defined Elements
Alternate School ID
Required
Identifies the school associated with the selected student's Alternative Education program.
Alternative System
Required
Use this field to select the district from which the student receives services.


Read - Access and view Alternative Education records.
Write - Modify existing Alternative Education records.
Add - Add new Alternative Education records.
Delete - Delete Alternative Education records. 

For more information about Tool Rights and how they function, see the Tool Rights article.