District Fact Template for Home Education and Private Tutoring Data
PIMS District Fact Template for Home Education and Private Tutoring Data Specifications
DISTRICT_FACT
Template Description
The District Fact Template is used to submit the results of the Home Education and Private Tutoring Form. Information is captured in an Excel file, automatically creating the District Fact Template to be submitted to PIMS. This survey applies to School Districts only.
The Home Education and Private Tutoring Form and directions on how to complete this form are located on the PDE website under Data and Reporting/PIMS/Excel Reporting Tools Home Education and Private Tutoring. After reading the directions, proceed as follows:
- Open the Excel file "Home Education and Private Tutoring Form" and supply the LEA & School Information by entering your 9-digit AUN. Certain information will automatically populate this first page.
- Proceed to filling out page 2 of the Form.
- When all information has been completed on the disclosure form it should be saved in Excel.
- After saving the disclosure form in Excel, click on Page 3_PIMS Input Page and do the following:
- Click on File.
- Click on Save As.
- Name the file correctly (SUBMITTINGAUN_DISTRICT_FACT_DATE&TIME). Example file name: 123456789_DISTRICT_FACT_202506110800.
- Save file type as .csv.
- Upload the .csv file into the PIMS system as a District Fact Template.
Template Specifications
1 - SUBMITTING AUN
The unique, 9-digit Administrative Unit Number (AUN) assigned by the PDE.
Sample Value
123456789
2 - SCHOOL YEAR DATE
A single date (June 30), the last day of the current school year indicating the whole school year.
Sample Value
2026-06-30
3 - CATEGORY 01
Constant Value defining the type of data entered.
Valid Values
HOMEEDPVT
4 - CATEGORY 02
Constant Value defining the type of data entered.
Valid Values
SURVEY
5 - CATEGORY 03
Question Number
Valid Values
See Appendix AE of Volume 2 of the PIMS User Manual for a complete list of valid values.
6 - MEASURE TYPE
Valid Values
COUNT
7 - COUNT
If MEASURE TYPE = COUNT, the count should be supplied in this field.
Sample Value
25
8-10 🛇
Fields not collected. Must be delimited in template file.
11 - CATEGORY 04
Valid Values
Y
- YesN
- No
12 - CATEGORY 05
Valid Values
See Appendix AE of Volume 2 of the PIMS User Manual for a complete list of valid values.
13-21 🛇
Fields not collected. Must be delimited in template file.
Rules
See the Rules Section of the Template Domain for rules consistent throughout all templates.