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Identification - the information necessary to identify the person. This information is Social Security number, Unique ID and staff name and is requested for all staff. All staff is defined throughout this publication as all personnel employed by the district, including professional, paraprofessional, and auxiliary employees.

Demographic - the characteristics of a person. This information is the sex, ethnicity, race, date of birth, and total years of professional experience, and is requested for all staff. The highest degree level held is requested for professional staff only.

Employment - the description of the person's employment within a district. This includes information related to a person's contract, performance, payroll accounting, and supplements. A discussion of the various types of information follows.

Payroll Summary - the information that shows a person's salary relationship with a district. This includes the person's actual number of days employed, percentage of the day worked in the district, and the number of years of professional experience in the district, and is requested for all staff.

Payroll Accounting - the expenditure accounts to which a person's salary or portion of the salary is charged. A dollar amount will be related to the Financial Accountability System Resource Guide account codes specified for fund, function, object, organization, year, and program intent. This is requested for all staff.

Responsibilities - identifies the type of work an employee performs, whether inside or outside the classroom. This information is requested as follows.

Professional Staff and Educational Aides - identifies the type of service performed and the service location. It includes the person's campus identification, the type of student, and the capacity in which the person serves. This is requested for professional staff and educational aides.

Classroom Staff - the detailed information related to the activities of each person who works in a classroom setting. It includes the number of students served in the class, the amount of time the service is performed in a month, and a class identification number to differentiate one service from another when the services are the same but are provided to a different group of students. This will be requested for all staff involved in delivering classroom instruction.

Teaching Assignments – the detailed information related to the teaching assignments of each classroom teacher.

Contracted Instructional Staff - the information on professional contracted instructional staff with campus ID, program intent code, and total FTEs.

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