BC 1701 Data Collection


The British Columbia Ministry of Education collects data for each student in your school. This data is used to calculate the funding for your school and for research purposes. The name 1701 represents the number of the original form previously submitted with this information. 
The 1701 data collection takes place twice a year. Once in October, which is based on the students enrolled in your school on September 30th, and once in February, which is used to capture the movement of students since September 30th. The actual snapshot date for the collection in February will vary from year to year.


Using your Maplewood system, you can create a file containing all the 1701 data as explained in this document. If you require further assistance, please call our support staff at 1-800-265-3482.

 

A. Verifying Student Data Information

Before creating the 1701 Data Collection file in the Maplewood System, please ensure that the following information is accurate for each student.

1701 Header Record

Item

Size

Offset

Maplewood Description

Transaction Code

3

0

Always 'FFI' - automatically appears

Ministry School Code

8

3

File, School Set-up, School Information, School Number

School Name

40

11

File, School Set-up, School Information, School Name

Report Date

8

51

Reports, 1701 and PEN Data Collection, Create 1701 Data Collection File, Report Date

1701 Detail Record

Item

Size

Offset

Maplewood Description

Transaction Code

3

0

Always 'SRM' - automatically appears

Local Student ID

The student number is extremely important for updating the school database with PENs from the Ministry. It should never change, and it should be unique to each student.

12

3

Biographics, Name, Student Number

Note: If you assign a student to a number that is already used, a warning is produced. Therefore duplicates should not normally occur.

 

Student ID (PEN)

New students will not yet have PENs

10

15

Enrolment, Edit, PEN#

Legal Surname

25

25

Biographics, Name, Legal Surname (if different from usual surname)

Legal Given Name

25

50

Biographics, Name, Given Name

Legal Middle Name

25

75

Biographics, Name, Middle Name(s)

Usual Surname

25

100

Biographics, Name, Surname

Usual Given Name

25

125

Biographics, Name, Usual Name (first name in the field)

Usual Middle Name

25

150

Biographics, Name, Usual Name (second name in the field)

Birthdate

8

175

Biographics, Edit, Birthdate

Gender (M or F)

1

183

Biographics, Edit, Gender

Special Education Category

The Special Ed. tab appears when the Special Education Field is checked off on the Enrolment screen. 

1

184

Special Ed., Edit, Categories (first category)*

To modify/setup table choose Students, Custom Fields/Tables, Special Education, Exceptionalities.

*Note to Prelude users: The Special Ed. field must be checked off in the Enrolment tab. The Ministry's letter for the Category is entered into the 3rd Defined Character using Biographics, Edit, 3rd Defined Character.

Unused (must be present and blank)

3

185

Blank -automatically created by Maplewood

School Funding Code

2

188

Enrolment, Other Fields, Edit, School Funding Code

Only these 3 entries should be used:

  • Provincially funded

  • Off shore/Out of province (Min. code 14)

  • Refugee (Min. code 16)

  • Status Indian living on reserve (Min. code 20)

Native Indian Ancestry Indicator

 

1

190

Enrolment, Edit, Native Student

If you check off the Native Student box you will need to specify the Indian Band.

Home Language Spoken Code

3

191

Enrolment, Edit, First Language

To modify/setup table, choose Students, Custom Fields/Tables, Enrolment Tables, First Languages.

Note: Enter the appropriate Ministry Code specified by the Ministry.

Unused (must be present and blank)

4

194

Blank -automatically created by Maplewood

Other Courses

-courses not required for graduation or college/university (course type is No Special Type).

1

198

Timetable, Edit

Number of courses in the students timetable that have a course type of 'No Special Type'

Note: please change all courses with a course type of College Course to 'No Special Type'. As of the 2006/2007 school year, the number of college courses is no longer collected for  the 1701 Data Transfer

Unused (must be present and blank)

1

199

Blank -automatically created by Maplewood

Enrolled Grade Code

 

2

200

Biographics, Edit, Grade

To set up your Maplewood system to accept letter grades of H, E, S, K, F, choose Students, Custom Fields/Tables, Table of Grades.

You can enter each student's grade in the Maplewood system using any single letter or number. For example, you may want to use grade H for home schooler, E for elementary ungraded, S for secondary ungraded, K for kindergarten (half-time), and F for kindergarten (full-time), 1 through 12 for grades 1 through 12. When the 1701 file is created, you can translate each grade into the appropriate Ministry grade (explained later).

Enrolled Program Code (occurs to 8 times  per student)

2

202

Enrolment, Other Fields, Edit, Enrolled Programs

The following Enrolled Program Codes are valid:

05  PROGRAMME FRANCOPHONE                   

08  CORE FRENCH                             

11  EARLY FRENCH IMMERSION                  

14  LATE FRENCH IMMERSION                   

17  ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNING               

29  ABORIGINAL LANGUAGE AND CULTURE         

33  ABORIGINAL SUPPORT SERVICES             

36  OTHER APPROVED ABORIGINAL PROGRAM       

40  CAREER PREPARATION                      

41  CO-OP                                   

42  APPRENTICESHIP

43  CAREER TECHNICAL CENTRE

Career Program Code

2

218

Enrolment, Other Fields, Edit, Career Program

To modify/setup table, choose Students, Custom Fields/Tables, Enrolment Tables, Career Program Codes.

The following Career Program Codes are valid:

XA  BUSINESS & APPLIED BUSINESS             

XB  FINE ARTS, DESIGN & MEDIA               

XC  FITNESS & RECREATION                    

XD  HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES                 

XE  LIBERAL ARTS & HUMANITIES               

XF  SCIENCE & APPLIED SCIENCE               

XG  TOURISM, HOSPITALITY & FOODS            

XH  TRADES & TECHNOLOGY

     

Number of Courses 

-courses that contribute to graduation (course type is Leading to Graduation).

 

 

 

 

 

4

220

*For grade 11 and 12 courses, since credit values are generally 2 or 4 credits the credit value is divided by 4 to correctly calculate the number of courses for 1701.

Indian Band

The Indian Band is recorded for only students whose funding code is Status Indian Living on Reserve.

4

224

Enrolment, Other Fields, Edit, Indian Band

To modify/setup table, choose Students, Custom Fields/Tables, Enrolment Tables, Indian Band.

Postal Code

6

228

Family, Students, Edit, Postal Code

1701 Trailer Record

Item

Size

Offset

Maplewood Description

Transaction Code

3

0

Always 'BTR' - automatically appears

Student Transaction Count

6

3

Number of students included in the file - automatically populated by Maplewood

Software Vendor Name

100

9

Maplewood Computing Ltd. - Automatically populated by Maplewood

Software Product Name

100

109

Maplewood Educational Administration Software - Automatically populated by Maplewood

Software Product ID

15

209

Currently not collected by Ministry (Unused)

 

B. Creating the 1701 Data Collection File

1. Once each student's information is accurate, create the Student Level Data collection information file by choosing Reports, 1701 and PEN Data Collection, Create 1701 Data Collection File.

2. On the following screen, check the information outlined below:

When everything is correct, select the Export button.

Note: Any corrections should be made through the student's record. Re-create another Data Collection file if you have changed any information.

 

C. Checking the File for Errors

The Ministry of Education supplies a verification program to every school/district in British Columbia. This program is designed to help you easily identify any errors. Direct any verification program questions to the supplier.

After verifying information on the file, all public schools must send the file to the School District office. All Independent schools should send 1701 data directly to the Ministry, unless otherwise directed by their authority, using the Secure File Upload Access link found on the Ministry's data collection website.