Immigrant (Title III)
Data Collection and Reporting

Count Date Records (beginning with 2008-09)

Immigrant (Title III) is an indication of whether a student qualifies as an immigrant under Title III, Section 3301 (6) of the NCLB.

CHANGES: Immigrant (Title III) is collected for the first time in ISES Count Date records for 2008-09. Immigrant (Title III) may be auto-generated when no data is provided.

Three criteria¹ must be met in order for a student to qualify as an immigrant under the definition specified by the NCLB:

• Aged 3-21 as of the Third Friday of September.
• Not born in any US state or US territory.
• In US schools for less than 3 consecutive full academic years.

USES: Federal funding is based in part on counts of students qualifying as immigrants based on the above criteria. In this case, English language proficiency is not a factor. Data about student status as an immigrant are also required by the U.S. Department of Education for some disaggregated reporting.

ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ABOUT IMMIGRANT (TITLE III)

1. DPI does not collect information on the legal basis for any student’s current residence in the US (e.g. citizenship status, permanent residency, visas, etc.).
2. DPI does not require information on where a student was born outside the US; if the 'ZZ' code is used, the birth city may be provided (and used for WSLS matching purposes only) or listed as UNKNOWN.
3. According to the USDE, students born in the territories of the United States are not considered immigrants under Title III. These territories include American Samoa, Guam, Marianas Islands, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands. Territory postal codes are now available for use in submitting WSLS B_STATE for students born in these territories.
4. Immigrant (Title III) may be auto-generated when no data is provided and birth state, age and years in US schools meet the Title III definition.

See also:
WSLS/ISES Data Element Descriptions
EDEN and EDFacts
Title III, Section 301 (6) - Definition of Immigrant Children and Youth
Calculation of Immigrant (Title III) if code is not submitted

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Last updated on 6/27/2008 12:04:30 PM