SectionInfo

SectionInfo records are published for each section that is assigned to the current school year for schools that are part of the zone.

Required Fields

[Sections] MA_Exclude_From_EPIMS – Section must be marked to be included.

Depends Upon

SchoolCourseInfo

Events

Events for SectionInfo are published based on whether the required fields and dependencies above contain data and whether the section is in the current school year and assigned to a school within the zone.

Dependent Objects

StudentSectionEnrollment
StudentSectionMarks

Element Mappings for SectionInfo

MA Req.	SIF Element/@Attribute	MA Business Rules
M	@RefId
M	@SchoolCourseInfoRefId
M	@SchoolYear
O	LocalId	No longer used for SCS06. Use CourseSectionCode instead
O	Description	Description of the course section.
O	ScheduleInfoList
O	ScheduleInfoList/ScheduleInfo	The schedule-related information for a section repeats for each term in which the section is scheduled. The TermInfoRefId attribute value should not repeat within an instance of the object (ScheduleInfo nodes should not have duplicate terms). (SIF)
O	ScheduleInfoList/ScheduleInfo/@TermInfoRefId	The ID (GUID) of the term to which this schedule information relates.
O	ScheduleInfoList/ScheduleInfo/TeacherList
O	ScheduleInfoList/ScheduleInfo/TeacherList/StaffPersonalRefId	The TeacherList is no longer supported by MA. Use StaffSectionAssignment to link staff to sections.
O	ScheduleInfoList/ScheduleInfo/SectionRoomList
O	ScheduleInfoList/ScheduleInfo/SectionRoomList/RoomInfoRefId	The ID (GUID) of the room in which this section is taught.
O	ScheduleInfoList/ScheduleInfo/MeetingTimeList
O	ScheduleInfoList/ScheduleInfo/MeetingTimeList/MeetingTime	Time(s) this section meets.
M	MediumOfInstruction	The medium through which the student receives instructional communication from the teacher.
M	MediumOfInstruction/Code	Code representing the medium of instruction. NCES 0209.
O	MediumOfInstruction/OtherCodeList
O	LanguageOfInstruction	Language in which the section is taught.
O	LanguageOfInstruction/Code	Code representing the language of instruction.
O	LanguageOfInstruction/OtherCodeList
O	LocationOfInstruction	Description of the location in which the section is taught.
O	LocationOfInstruction/Code	Code representing the location of instruction.
O	LocationOfInstruction/OtherCodeList
O	SummerSchool	Is this a summer school assignment?
O	SchoolCourseInfoOverride	Optional overrides of the course information for this section. If this information is offered, then those elements indicated as mandatory must be completed.
M	@Override	Designates whether or not SchoolCourseInfo information has been overridden with different values for this section.
O	SchoolCourseInfoOverride/CourseCode	Override of the school-defined course code for this section.
M	SchoolCourseInfoOverride/StateCourseCode	Override of the state-defined course code for this section.
M	SchoolCourseInfoOverride/DistrictCourseCode	Override of the district course code for this section.
O	SchoolCourseInfoOverride/SubjectArea	Override of the subject matter area for this section.
O	SchoolCourseInfoOverride/CourseTitle	Override of the course title for this section.
M	SchoolCourseInfoOverride/InstructionalLevel	Override of the instructional level for this section.
M	SchoolCourseInfoOverride/InstructionalLevel/Code	Override of the instructional level for this section.
M	SchoolCourseInfoOverride/CourseCredits	Override of the course credits for this section.
M	SchoolCourseInfoOverride/CourseCredits/@Type	NCES0108 Credit Type Earned.
M	CourseSectionCode	A section code that is linked to a course. This should be a unique identifier within the school year and course (that is, the class instance number for a course). For example, Algebra I: Section 23 is different from English II: Section 23.
O	SectionCode	A unique identifier of the section for the school year and across courses (that is, unique across all courses). For example, Algebra I sections range from 00122 to 00140 and English II courses range from 00141 to 00152.
O	CountForAttendance	Indicates if attendance in this section is collected and used in attendance calculations.
O	BellScheduleRefId	The GUID of the bell schedule used by this section.
SIF_ExtendedElements
O	[@Name="MAGradeLevelOverride"]	Used to override the calculated grade level (calculated from DOE016 values from students' SSE). Acceptable values may be found under WA09 in the EPIMS data handbook.
O/M	[@Name="AttendingSchool"]	This element will override the Schoolcode if the @Override flag is set to 'Yes'. It is mandatory (M) only when the override is set to 'Yes'.