Federal Ethnicity

As the first part of a two-part question that appears on the student General Demographics page and the staff Edit Information page, students and staff members are asked to choose an ethnicity (Hispanic or Latino or not Hispanic or Latino).

Enable Or Disable the Ethnicity Decline to Specify Setting

Using the Ethnicity Decline to Specify setting, you can indicate whether or not you want to permit students and staff members to be able to decline specifying their ethnicity.

Note: For state-specific information, see PowerSchool recommended state-specific setup of federal race and ethnicity settings available on PowerSource.

1. On the start page, choose District under Setup in the main menu. 
2. Under Identity, click Federal Ethnicity and Race Settings. 
3. Do one of the following:
   • Select the Ethnicity Decline to Specify Allow / Label checkbox to include an option to permit students and staff members to decline specifying their ethnicity and then enter the text that you want to appear next to the option. As an example, the text Decline to Specify Ethnicity appears the first time you navigate to this page.
   • Deselect the Ethnicity Decline to Specify Allow / Label checkbox to not include an option to permit students and staff members to decline specifying their ethnicity.
4. Click Submit. The Federal Ethnicity and Race Settings page refreshes.