2023-24 Workforce Development Information System (WDIS) Database Handbook

The District WDIS Database Handbook is for use by school districts, and offers guidance on the reporting of adult general education and postsecondary career and technical education student data. Please contact Workforce Education Data Systems (WEDS) if you have any questions or concerns.

Summary of Changes

• 2023-24 Change Summary (Excel) Last Modified 04/25/2024

WDIS Formats

• Adult General Education Student Course
• Adult General Education Test and Performance Record
• Career and Technical Education Student Course Schedule
• Student Demographic Information
• Student End of Term Status
• Supplemental Information
• Teacher Course

WDIS Data Elements

• Additional Hours Credited
• Adult General Education, Adult Educational Functioning Level (NEW)
• Adult General Education, Adult Educational Functioning Level Subject Area (NEW)
• Adult Fee Status
• Adult General Education, Diploma Date
• Adult General Education, Employment Barriers
• Adult General Education, Ex-Offender
• Adult General Education, Homeless Individuals or Runaway Youth
• Adult General Education, Income Status
• Adult General Education, Institutional Setting
• Adult General Education, Integrated Education and Training Program Number
• Adult General Education, Migrant and Seasonal Farmworker
• Adult General Education, Online Course Delivery Indicator
• Adult General Education, Withdrawal Reason
• Adult High School Credits at Entry
• Adult High School Credits Earned in Course
• Adult High School Diploma Option
• Adult Test Form
• Adult Test Level
• Adult Test Name
• Adult Test Score
• Adult Test Subject Content
• Apprenticeship Sponsor Code
• Birth Date
• Career and Technical Education/Adult General Education, Disability Student
• Career and Technical Education/Adult General Education Program Code
• Career and Technical Education Basic Skills Examination
• Career and Technical Education Date of Program Completion
• Career and Technical Education Dual Enrollment Course Location
• Career and Technical Education Occupational Completion Point
• Certificate of Completion Type
• Citizenship Status
• Cost Reporting Code
• Course Number
• Date of Entry, Program/Course/Section
• Date of Exit, Program/Course/Section
• Diploma Type
• Displaced Homemaker
• Distance Learning Delivery Indicator
• District Number, Current Instruction/Service
• Dual Enrollment Indicator
• Dual Enrollment Student Type
• Education Services, State and Federal Inmates
• Employment Status
• English Language Learners, Adult
• Ethnicity
• Exceptionality, Primary
• Facility Type
• Financial Assistance Received
• First-Time Student Indicator
• Florida Education Identifier
• Full-time Student Indicator
• Grade Level
• Highest School Grade Completed
• Homeless Adult Program Indicator
• Industry Certification Date Earned
• Industry Certification Identifier
• Industry Certification Outcome
• Military Status
• Origin of Schooling, Adult
• Postsecondary Course Status
• Postsecondary School of Enrollment
• Post-Test Identification Number (Post-Test ID) (NEW)
• Pre-Test Identification Number (Pre-Test ID) (NEW)
• Program Completer
• Race: American Indian or Alaska Native
• Race: Asian
• Race: Black or African American
• Race: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
• Race: White
• Residence County
• Residency for Tuition Purposes
• Resident Status, State/County
• Sex
• School Number, Current Instruction/Service
• Section Number
• Single Parent and Single Pregnant Woman
• Social Security Number
• Staff Number Identifier, Local
• Student Name, Legal
• Survey Period Code
• Test Date
• Test Identification Number (Test ID) (NEW)
• Total Clock Hours Earned Towards Award
• Transaction Code
• WDIS Class Length
• WDIS Reporting Year
• WDIS Student Instructional Hours

WDIS Edits

• Adult General Education Student Course (PDF)
• Adult Test and Performance Record (PDF)
• Career and Technical Education Student Course Schedule (PDF)
• Student Demographic Information (PDF)
• Student End of Term Status (PDF)
• Supplemental Information (PDF)
• Teacher Course (PDF)

WDIS District Appendices

• A: District Workforce Development Elements by Format (Excel)
• B: Attendance Recordkeeping Required Codes for Adult Students (Excel)
• C: District Name Table (Excel)
• D: Adult High School Co-Enrolled Course List (Excel)
• E: WDIS File IDs (PDF)
• F: Florida Public College and State University Reporting Numbers (Excel)
• G: Cost Reporting Code-Postsecondary (Excel)
• H: Postsecondary School of Enrollment (Excel)
• I: Reporting Characteristics (WDIS and Secondary CTE) (Excel)
• K: Private Postsecondary Institution Reporting Numbers (Excel)
• O: Apprenticeship Sponsor Codes (Excel)
• P: Adult General Education, Integrated Educational Training Program Numbers (Excel)
• Q: Adult Test Reporting (Excel) (NEW)
• R: Adult General Education Programs & Associated Gains (PDF)
• S: Postsecondary Career Education Programs with Occupational Completion Points (Excel)
• V: Reporting Timelines (PDF)
• Z: Certification Code List - All Certifications (Excel)
• ZZ: Certification Code List – Perkins V Inventory ONLY (Excel)