Maine Department of Education

General Definitions

(To assist in the completion of student enrollment forms)

RESIDENT

Subsidizable pupil: all school level pupils who reside in a school administrative unit and who are educated at public expense at a public school or at a private school approved for tuition purposes. (20-A, MRSA, § 15672, Sub-§ 32 as amended by Public Law 2005, Chapter 2, § D-36). This also includes:

students in alternative education, foster homes, and homeless students within the local school administrative unit;
State Agency Clients and State Wards - please see the document regarding reporting of state agency clients/state wards at: http://www.maine.gov/education/forms/MISTeam/Enrollment/stateagencyclients.htm
Superintendents Agreements - please see the document regarding reporting of superintendents agreements at: http://www.maine.gov/education/forms/MISTeam/Enrollment/SuperintendentAgreements.htm
Foreign Exchange Students - please see the document regarding reporting of foreign exchange students at: http://www.maine.gov/education/forms/MISTeam/Enrollment/foreignexchange.htm

4-YEAR-OLDS' PROGRAM

Report only a student who will be at least 4 years old on October 15 of the school year and is enrolled in a 2-year childhood education program prior to grade one. A student in a 4-year-olds' program who is provided at least 10 hours per week of scheduled instructional time will be counted as one student. However, a student that is provided less than 10 hours per week of scheduled instructional time will be counted as one-half student.

EARLY KINDERGARTEN

Report only a student who will be at least 5 years old by October 15 of the school year and is developmentally placed in the first year of a 2-year childhood education program prior to grade one.

KINDERGARTEN

Report only students who will be at least 5 years old on October 15 of the school year and placed in a one-year kindergarten, or the second year of a 2-year early childhood program.

ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY SPECIAL EDUCATION

Report all special education students in their regular grades, or if ungraded, chronologically by age within the regular grades. Ex: Age 5 = Kindergarten, Age 6 = Grade 1, etc.

ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY UNGRADED

Report all ungraded students chronologically by age within the regular grades. Ex: Age 5 = Kindergarten, Age 6 = Grade 1, etc.

HOME STUDY STUDENTS

These are students in home instruction programs that have been approved by the local school board and the Department of Education to be in compliance with 20-A M.R.S.A., Section 5001-A (3). (Do not include on the EF-M-11 and EF-M-12 OCTOBER/APRIL 1 Resident Enrollment Reports.)

EQUIVALENT INSTRUCTION PUPILS

These are home study students who receive instruction through one or more on-site academic courses from a public school but are not full-time students. Equivalent instruction students may also be tuitioned to another school administrative unit or to a private school approved pursuant to chapter 219. (Do not include on the EF-M-11 and EF-M-12 OCTOBER/APRIL 1 Resident Enrollment Reports. Public school units may include these on the companion forms EF-M-11E and EF-M-12E Reimbursement for Students Enrolled in Equivalent Instruction Programs.

STATE AGENCY CLIENT/STATE WARD

please see the document Reporting of State Agency Clients and State Wards on the October 1st and the April 1st Enrollment Reports: http://www.maine.gov/education/forms/MISTeam/Enrollment/stateagencyclients.htm

Race/Ethnicity

RACE/ETHNIC GROUP

Classification indicating general racial or ethnic heritage based on self-identification or on observer identification. These categories are in accordance with the federal government Office of Management and Budget standard classification scheme presented below:

WHITE

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East.

BLACK

A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. Terms such as "Haitian" or "Negro" can be used in addition to "Black or African American.”

HISPANIC

A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. The term "Spanish origin" can be used in addition to "Hispanic or Latino.”

ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian subcontinent, or the Pacific Islands. This area includes, for example, China , India , Japan , Korea , the Philippine Islands and Samoa.

AMERICAN INDIAN OR ALASKAN NATIVE

A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.

High School Graduates

REGULAR DIPLOMA RECIPIENTS

These are graduates who received a regular diploma during the previous school year or subsequent summer school.

OTHER HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETERS

Individuals who received a Certificate of Attendance, Completion or GED in lieu of a diploma during the previous school year or subsequent summer school.

COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY

A program of study at a four-year college or university.

VOCATIONAL/TECHNICAL

A program at a vocational center or technical school.

OTHER CONTINUING EDUCATION

Education and training programs that do not fit into one of the other categories.

MEDMS Information