NRS Table 2A

FY 2024–25 Federal Compliance Update – Gender Reporting

In compliance with revised federal reporting mandates from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB Control No. 1830-0027), LACES has removed the Non-Binary and No Answer columns from NRS Table 2 beginning with Fiscal Year 2024–25.

• While Non-Binary and No Answer are available in states that opted to keep them, only Male and Female are reported for federal compliance. For questions about gender options in your state, contact your state agency.

• If Non-Binary or No Answer is selected, LACES assigns Male or Female using a standard distribution method for reporting purposes only. This does not change how gender is stored or displayed elsewhere in the system. 

• These changes were approved on April 17, 2025, and are effective with Release 2025.9.

• Prior fiscal years (e.g., 2023–24) retain the full four-category breakdown (Male, Female, Non-Binary, No Answer) for historical and audit purposes.

NRS Table 2A:  Reportable Individuals by Age, Ethnicity, and Sex

NRS Table 2A includes students with less than 12 instructional hours. It is fiscal year–based and reports individuals who do not meet the NRS definition of a participant but still must be included for accountability.

Students Who Count:

• Students whose intake is in the current FY but have no instructional activity

• Students whose intake was in a previous FY but have fewer than 12 instructional hours in the current FY

• Beginning in FY 2024–25: Only students integrated from the portal with a status of Prospective-Portal Onsite are included. Portal students with a status of Prospective-Portal Self-Application or Prospective-Portal are excluded unless they later receive instructional hours, are assessed, or are enrolled in a class, group, or pair.

Students Who Do NOT Count:

• Those in non-NRS funding streams

• Continuing PoP students with fewer than 12 current FY hours (they appear on Table 4)

• Students whose intake was in a prior FY and have no current FY activity

• Students with only integrated assessments in the current FY

• Beginning in FY 2024–25: Portal applicants with a status of Prospective-Portal Self-Application or Prospective-Portal, unless they meet standard instructional criteria.

Additional LACES WIOA information: https://sites.google.com/a/literacypro.com/wioa-laces-updates

Additional information referenced in the table instructions

Final Guidance on Maintaining, Collecting and Reporting Race and Ethnicity Data to the U. S. Department of Education,” 72 Fed. Reg. 59266 (19 October 2007)