Excel Templates are tools used to record LEA- and school-level data in advance of the opening of the CRDC data submission system. The templates facilitate the process for LEAs planning to submit data in a flat file format, by arranging the data in the required format that LEAs can save as a flat file for import into the submission system. The Excel template instructions document contains descriptions of the process for entering the data into the templates and saving the data in the required flat file format.