Family income information is an important data point for managed public schools. Certain types of funding (Title, At Risk) are often tied to the percent of students who qualify for free/reduced lunch at a school. Family income data also helps school and corporate staff understand the demographics of a school’s student population. As a result, accurate and compliant collection of income data from its families is an important part of each school’s annual school lifecycle.
Recognizing the importance of this data’s collection, Stride’s SMS Operations Team works to centralize and, to the greatest extent possible, standardize this process across all managed public schools. This process is called the Family Income Form (FIF) Project.
This document is designed to be a comprehensive description of that centralized process, with the intended audience being school staff. The goal is for you at the school to have a clear understanding of how the process works and who is responsible for the different FIF-related tasks.