SIMS Reporting Scenarios

DOE011, DOE012, DOE013

1. Student is enrolled in and resident of public school district:

   • Educating district reports 01,01,01
   
   

2. Student is enrolled in charter school:

   • Educating district (charter) reports 03,01,03
   
   

3. Student is educated in one district but resides in another:

   • If tuitioned, educating district reports 03,01,10
   • If school choice, educating district reports 03,01,02
   • If METCO, educating district reports 03,01,04
   • If non-resident vocational tuition, educating district reports 03,01,05
   
   

4. Student is outplaced to collaborative or special education school:

   • Home district* reports 02,01,07
   • If out of state tuition, home district reports 02,01,06
   
   

5. Student resides in one district but attends school in another district where parent works:

   • Educating district reports 03,01,09
   
   

6. Student is shared custody - parents live in different towns:

   • Educating district reports with town code of where student resides on report date
   
   

7. Student is school choice and choice district outplaces to collaborative or special education school:

   • Choice district reports 02,01,02
   
   

8. Student is foreign exchange:

   • Educating district reports 01,01,11 with DOE014 town code where student resides on report date
   • If tuitioned, educating district reports 03,01,11 with DOE014 town code 888
   
   

9. Student is in institutional setting:

   • Home district reports 02,01,07 with the appropriate program code in DOE015, and DOE034 Special Education Placement code 90
   
   

10. Student is resident of one district, enrolled in another district through local agreement and then becomes outplaced:

    • Receiving district reports 02,01,09
    
    

11. Student is resident of one district, tuitioned-in to another district, and then becomes outplaced:

    • tuitioned-in district reports 02,01,10
    
    

12. Student is homeless:

    • Educating district reports 01,01,01 with the educating district's town of residence in DOE014
    
    

13. Student is enrolled and in foster care:

    • If living in district, report 01,01,01
    • If living in district and outplaced, report 02,01,07
    • If placed outside of district by DCF, but remains enrolled in school of origin, report 03,01,12 with DOE014 town code of where student resides
    • If placed outside of district by DCF, but remains enrolled in outplacement through the school/district of origin, report 02,01,12 with DOE014 town code of where student resides
    • For regional academic and vocational school districts — If placed by DCF in a community outside of the membership of the district, but student remains enrolled, report 01,01,01 with DOE014 town code of where the student resided before they were placed in foster care or before their foster care placement changed ** This is in order to determine minimum required local contributions for regional member cities and towns**
    
    

14. Student is receiving special education services in the district, but is enrolled elsewhere.

    • Report 01,40,01 with appropriate school code in DOE015 (see SIMS data handbook)
    
    

* Home district = where student resides

Last Updated: October 12, 2021