Anyone who is 16 years of age or older and not enrolled in secondary school, and who either has needs below the level of high school completion or is limited-English-proficiencies eligible to participate in Basic Education for Adults (BEdA) activities. For a full list of BEdA eligibility criteria please see the requirements for enrollment in Basic Education for Adults.

Basic Skills courses and classes are considered Ungraded per the State Board Policy Chapter 5.30.15. The following attributes of the course and class must be coded in order for accurate state and federal reporting as well as to ensure the correct tuition amount is charged to the student.  The list below only includes the basic skills specific coding required, other information is required to build a course and class but are not included in this document.  

I-BEST courses are coded as Academic or Vocational course intent and CIP Code, depending on the approved I-BEST program, and therefore are not considered basic skills classes, though some types are included in WABERS+ for BEdA federal reporting purposes.  Students in classes with the Course Attribute designated below as included in WABERS are also assigned the SWBR Student Group and included in the WABERS+ extract.

I-BEST courses and classes should not be coded in the CIP Coded 32* series.  Students enrolled in I-BEST classes may be included in WABERS+ but do not generate basic skills FTES.