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File Structure - List of Assignments by Staff

File structure for California Basic Educational Data System (CBEDS) Professional Assignment Information Form (PAIF) assignments by record identification and county-district-school (CDS) code for years 2001 and 2002.

File Name: PAIFAnn.exe
This file provides a list of the assignments for every certified staff.

Field Name Field Type Width
Description

CDS_CODE

Character

14

This 14-digit code is the official, unique identification of a school within California. The first two digits identify the county, the next five digits identify the school district, and the last seven digits identify the school.

REC_ID

Character

6

This 6-digit code is the unique record identification code assigned to each certificated staff member in California public schools. The code is an identifier with no meaning. The code assigned to a record for any particular year will not match the code assigned to the same staff members' record for prior or future years. Therefore, the code cannot be used to match records over time.

ASN_CODE

Character

4

PAIF assignment code.

ASN_PCT

Numeric

3

This field indicates the percent of time certificated staff spends "on the job" devoted to each assignment. It does not represent "total" time spent on the job.

CTYPE

Character

1

Type of assignment.
T = Teaching assignment
A = Administrative assignment
P = Pupil services assignment

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