Our state (Maryland) requires reporting with the 2 new race codes be used for the 2026-2027 school year. The two changes made in 2024 at the Federal level include a Middle Eastern/Northern African category and making Hispanic a race and not a separate ethnicity with a race.
Our state (Maryland) requires reporting with the 2 new race codes be used for the 2026-2027 school year. The two changes made in 2024 at the Federal level include a Middle Eastern/Northern African category and making Hispanic a race and not a separate ethnicity with a race.
https://www.census.gov/about/our-research/race-ethnicity/standards-updates.html#:~:text=The%20Census%20Bureau%20is%20developing%20an%20action,are%20ethnicities%20and%20other%20categories%20are%20races