the data should automatically report to DPI/WISE if a student meets the 3 criteria of having an immigrant status. The criteria are: 1) age 3-21 as of the third Friday pupil count - we have DOB and know when the pupil count is each year so this can be automatically calculated 2) not born in the US - if another country is listed on the Birth History tab this can be automatically calculated and 3) in a US school for less than 3 full academic years - does not need to be consecutive years can be automatically calculated if the "First enrolled in US School" date field is entered on the WI/NCLB tab and by adding a field for capturing months of enrollment elsewhere in US prior to current enrollment. That would capture a non-consecutive enrollment, an out of state enrollment or an enrollment with another WI district who uses Infinite Campus, PowerSchool, etc. so the total months could be calculated by Skyward.
Since the maximum a student qualifies as having an immigrant status, this should also be able to automatically stop sending when 3 years has been reached. A lof of our inaccurate reporting was due to no one ending a status once it began. A lot of our inaccurate reporting was due to not ending the status after 3 years. This is easily avoidable if automated. Then, it's a matter of training districts to enter the date in the "First enrolled in US School" field if they want to have the Immigrant Status report. It isn't subjective, it isn't based on local or District policy - it's these same 3 criteria for everyone in WI.