1.

The presence of binary zeroes in data fields causes significant problems for several institutions in the receipt of student records. A transaction will be rejected if non-displayable characters are sent in the data unless found in Unique Institutional Identifier or in Filler Reserved for Local Use. Please use some other appropriate character (e.g., SPACES) with which to initialize your records before sending them.

2.

Districts requesting a transcript from a postsecondary institution should use record type P00.

3.

Special characters, tilde (~), caret (^), and grave accent (`), are used as delimiters in the translation of FASTER to SPEEDE/ExPRESS. They are reserved symbols and as such cannot be included in data sent through FASTER to a SPEEDE/ExPRESS institution.

4.

Required fields are indicated by an asterisk (*) next to the field name.

Field Characteristics:

Format Characteristics:

Record Size: 1020

1

1-3

3

A/N

Record Type*

The header for the record for this type of request or response transaction

SECTION A (Items 2-16c)

2

4-13

10

A/N/L

Primary Student Identifier

This is the main identification number for this student/applicant. Depending on the type of transmission, this will be the student's Social Security Number or the student's Student Number Identifier, Florida (which, in many cases, will contain the student's Social Security Number). NOTE: This field is not required on a Request record. However, this field must be filled in by a responding institution unless no match was found.

Postsecondary Request/Response Formats

For these formats, the Primary Student Identifier is coded as follows:

4-12

9

N

Social Security Number

The student's Social Security Number

13-13

1

A/N

Filler

Spaces or the letter "G" indicating a generated identifier.

Interdistrict and Secondary to Postsecondary Request/Response Formats

For these formats, the Primary Student Identifier is coded as follows:

4-13

10

A/N

Student Number Identifier, Florida

If the student has a social security number and provided this number to the school district, the Student Number Identifier, Florida , will have the following format:

First 9 digits: the student's Social Security Number; and

The 10th digit: the letter "X".

If a SPEEDE/ExPRESS institution does not provide a valid social security number or high school student number identifier, the value will be "999999999G".

If the student does not provide a Social Security Number to the school district, the school district will assign a Student Number Identifier, Florida , to the student, formatted as follows:

First 2 digits

Last 8 digits

3

14-24

11

A/N/R

Addressed Institution*

The institution to which this request or response is addressed

Elementary/Secondary Addressee

14-20

7

N/R

Number of District.  District Number is right justified, zero filled (e.g. 0000095 for Bright Futures)

21-24

4

N/R

Number of School

Postsecondary Addressee

14-20

7

N/R

OPEID Number of Institution (See Appendix C)

21-24

4

N/R

Number of Campus (See Appendix C)

4

25-35

11

A/N/R

Sending Institution *

The institution from which this request or response is sent

Elementary/Secondary Sender

25-31

7

N/R

Number of District

32-35

4

N/R

Number of School

Postsecondary Sender

25-31

7

N/R

OPEID Number of Institution (See Appendix C)

32-35

4

N/R

Number of Campus (See Appendix C)

5

36-38

3

A/N

Message Type*

The type of request/response being made, coded as follows:

6a

39-39

1

A/N

Test/Production Indicator

Indicates whether the data in this transmission is test or production.

6b

40-42

3

A/N

Filler

6c

43-48

6

A/N

Term Designator

This is a six digit code that designates the term being requested in the Postsecondary Cost of Attendance (R20) request.

Format: CCYYMM

If this field is blank, the request can be considered as a request for the “current” term. If the term being requested is a “prior” or “future” term, then this field should be populated as described below.

The first four digits indicate the year in which the term began. The last two digits designate the month in which the term began.

NOTE: This field should be utilized only for Message Type “R20” Postsecondary Cost of Attendance requests.

7

49-60

12

A/N

Institutional Student Number

Student's identification number at the sending institution or the applicant’s most recent school.

NOTE: This field will contain the student's MSIX Identification Number on transmissions received from the Migrant Student Information Exchange system.

8

61-136

76

A/N/L

Legal Name

The student's/applicant’s legal name

61-77

17

A/N/L

Last Name*

78-80

3

A/N/L

Appendage

81-92

12

A/N/L

First Name

93-102

10

A/N/L

Middle Name or Initial (Middle/Maiden Name or Initial for Interdistrict)

103-119

17

A/N/L

Former Last Name 1

120-136

17

A/N/L

Former Last Name 2

9

137-146

10

A/N/L

Alias/Nickname

The student's/applicant’s alias or nickname

10

147-147

1

A/N

Ethnicity
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".

10a

148-148

1

A/N

Race: American Indian or Alaska Native
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North, South, or Central America and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.

10b

149-149

1

A/N

Race: Asian
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.

10c

150-150

1

A/N

Race: Black or African American
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".

10d

151-151

1

A/N

Race: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.

10e

152-152

1

A/N

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

11

153-153

1

A

Sex

Denotes the student's/applicant’s sex

12

154-154

1

A

Racial/Ethnic Category

This lists the student's/applicant’s race or ethnic group.

**This definition is valid for post-secondary institutions only.

13

155-167

13

A/N

Filler

13a

168-170

3

A/N

Type of Unique Institutional Identifier

If the sending institution is a SPEEDE/ExPRESS institution, this code identifies the type of student identification number being sent in the Unique Institutional Identifier, item 14.

14

171-200

30

A

Unique Institutional Identifier

This element is reserved for the use of the sending institution.

15

201-206

6

A/N

High School Graduation Date

On a request transaction, this field is used to further identify a student's records. The official high school graduation date is carried on the I/S01 record of the response transaction.

Format: MMYYYY

16

207-214

8

A/N

Date of Birth

The student's/applicant’s birth date is a required field, unless the record is a postsecondary response (record type P00 with message type beginning with either ‘S’ or ‘Q’).

Format: YYYYMMDD

16a

215-223

9

A/N

SPEEDE/ExPRESS Transaction Control ID

This field uniquely identifies this record and serves the same purpose for SPEEDE/ExPRESS (the national electronic transcript transfer system) that our Unique Institutional Identifier (item 14) serves for FASTER. The system handles this field automatically, so institutions should not put anything in it when preparing records for transmission unless the institution is responding to a request, in which case the data that was originally sent in this field must be returned in the response.

16b

224-238

15

A/N/L

SPEEDE/ExPRESS Institution ID

This field is the institution ID as defined by SPEEDE/ExPRESS, and is used only when communicating with non-FASTER institutions. When sending records to a non-FASTER institution, fill this field with the corresponding SPEEDE/ExPRESS Institution ID from the SPEEDE Institution ID Crosswalk Report (See Institution Crosswalk); otherwise this field is spaces. Then put 00000990000 into the Addressed Institution field (item 3 of this record type), if the addressee is a PK-12 institution, or put 00100020000 in the Addressed Institution field if the addressee is a postsecondary institution. Similarly, incoming transmissions from non-FASTER institutions are identified by the presence of 00000990000 or 00100020000 in the Sending Institution field. The SPEEDE/ExPRESS Institution ID uniquely identifies the non-FASTER sender.

16c

239-256

18

A/N

Post Date, Time, Sequence Number

This element uniquely identifies the transmission. It is to be left blank when the record is submitted and the data will be supplied by the system.

239-246

8

A/N

Date Posted to System (YYYYMMDD)

247-252

6

A/N

Time Posted to System (HHMMSS)

253-256

4

A/N

Sequence Number

16d

257-281

25

A/N

Filler reserved for use of FACTS (Florida Academic and Career Tracking System)

17a

282-354

73

A

Filler

17b

255-370

16

A

Filler reserved for MSIX

18

371-380

10

A/N/L

Primary Student Identifier

SECTION B (Items 18-32c) NOTE: The subsequent fields are used only by responding institutions. The responding institution will move the data from Items 2-16c on the original request header record to Items 18-32c on the response header record. Items 2-16c on the response header record should contain the student identifying information as it appears on the responding institution's files.

19

381-391

11

A/N/R

Addressed Institution

20

392-402

11

A/N/R

Sending Institution

21

403-405

3

A/N

Message Type

22a

406-406

1

A/N

Test/Production Indicator

22b

407-409

3

A/N/R

Filler

22c

410-415

6

A/N

Term Designator

23

416-427

12

A/N

Institutional Student Number

24

428-503

76

A/N/L

Legal Name

25

504-513

10

A/N/L

Alias/Nickname

26

514-519

6

A/N

Filler

27

520-520

1

A

Sex

28

521-521

1

A

Racial/Ethnic Category

29

522-534

13

A

Filler

29a

535-537

3

A/N

Type of Unique Institutional Identifier

30

538-567

30

A

Unique Institutional Identifier

31

568-573

6

N

High School Graduation Date

32

574-581

8

A/N

Date of Birth

32a

582-590

9

A/N

SPEEDE/ExPRESS Transaction Control ID

32b

591-605

15

N/R

SPEEDE/ExPRESS Institution ID

32c

606-623

18

A/N

Post Date, Time, Sequence Number

33a

624-637

14

A/N

*Florida Education Identifier (FLEID)

A code issued by the Florida Department of Education used to uniquely identify a person in Florida’s education data system.

Example: FLxxxxxxxxxxxx Florida Education Identifier (FLEID) standard.

*NOTE: FASTER collects and forwards the FLEID but does not validate or process it.

33b

638

1

A

Postsecondary Institution World Language Requirement Indicator

This code indicates whether the student has met the requirements of BOG Regulation 6.002(1)(h) having demonstrated competency of foreign language or American Sign Language equivalent to the second high school level or higher.

This indicator is set by FASTER when the transcript is posted. A code of "Y" is set if the student is awarded a minimum of one full credit in a high school second level, IB or AICE or college level foreign or American Sign language.

Code Description
   Y   Requirement is met
   N   Requirement is not met
   Z   Not applicable

33

639-740

102

A

Filler

34

741-748

8

A/N

Access Date

The date the record was accessed by the receiving institution. Format: CCYYMMDD Note: The value of this field and of Access Time will change each time a receiving institution downloads the record.

35

749-756

8

A/N

Access Time

The time the record was accessed by the receiving institution. Format: HHMMSSTT.

36

757-1003

247

Filler

37

1004-1007

4

A/N

Fatal Error Count

This element should be left blank by the sending institution. It is returned to the sending institution by the edit program (SRTS01 for requests, SRTS03 for responses) and represents the total number of fatal errors detected for this student's records. If Fatal Error Count is greater than zero then the student's record was not sent to the Addressed Institution identified in Item 3 and the transaction must be resubmitted.

38

1008-1011

4

A/N

Filler

39

1012-1020

9

A

Filler Reserved for Local Use