Federal Guidelines for Reporting Ethnicity and Race Data for Fort Zumwalt Students and Staff

Overview  

The U.S. Department of Education requires all states to collect information on the race and ethnicity of public school students and staff.   

How will the information be used?

The data with ethnicity/race categories is used in all state and federally sponsored statistical data collections that include data on ethnicity or race.  Some examples include student records and test results. 

Who provides the information?

Parents must complete the enrollment form to identify their children’s ethnic and racial identity. 

When and how will the information be gathered?

Fort Zumwalt School District follows the federal guidelines requiring families of new students to complete the race and ethnicity section of the enrollment form.

Is the student Hispanic/Latino?

  • No, not Hispanic/Latino

  • Yes, Hispanic/Latino (A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race)  

    • The above part of the question is about ethnicity, not race, no matter what you have selected above.  Please continue to answer the following by marking one or more boxes to indicate what you consider your student's race to be.

What is the student's race?  

  • Asian (A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam.)

  • Black or African American (A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa.)

  • American Indian/Alaska Native (A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North America and South America (including Central America), and maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment.)

  • White (A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa.)

  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands.)