Indiana Alternative Education

Tool Search: Alternative Education

Alternative Education programs are designed to meet the needs of public school students in grades 6-12 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. However, Alternative Education dates may not overlap one another. Before creating a new record, all previous records must be end dated and assigned a Reason Exited status.

See the core Alternative Education article for information on necessary tool rights, available Ad hoc fields, and guidance on adding and printing Alternative Education records.

In order to report a valid record, be sure to enter a start date, program meeting time, program eligibility, and program name. Once the student has exited the program, users MUST enter an End Date and Reason Exited for the student.

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Start Date

Use this field to enter the date on which the student began the alternative education program.

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Database Location:

AltProgram.startDate

Ed-Fi Resources:

Student Alternative Education Program Associations (Indiana v3.6)

End Date

Use this field to enter the date on which the student completed the alternative education program. This field may be left blank if the program is ongoing or the student has not yet completed the program. 

To ensure proper reporting, once an End Date is entered for the student's participation in the program, be sure to enter a Reason Exited status for the student.

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Database Location:

AltProgram.endDate

Ed-Fi Resources:

Student Alternative Education Program Associations (Indiana v3.6)

Reason Exited

Use this field to enter the reason for which the student exited the Alternative Education program.

To ensure proper reporting, be sure to enter an End Date is entered for the student.

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Database Location:

AltProgram.reasonExited

Ed- Fi Resources:

Student Alternative Education Program Associations (Indiana v3.6)

Program Meeting Time

The Program Meeting Time indicates the time the student meets with their Alternative Education Teacher/Counselor. If the meeting time changes during program participation, be sure to update the meeting time here.

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Database Location:

AltProgram.programMeetingTime

Edi-Fi Resources:

Student Alternative Education Program Associations (Indiana v3.6)

Program Eligibility

Use this field to indicate the reason the student is taking alternative education.

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Database Location:

AltProgram.altEdEligibility

Edi-Fi Resources:

Student Alternative Education Program Associations (Indiana v3.6)

Program Name

The Program Name field allows the user to select the state-approved alternative education program in which the student is participating.

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Database Location:

AltProgram.programCode

Note: Users may only select state-approved programs included in the drop-list. If the desired program is not included in the list, contact the Indiana Department of Education.

Edi-Fi Resources:

Student Alternative Education Program Associations (Indiana v3.6)