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TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY

PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations

Report Criteria

This page last updated March 21, 2022

Overview

These reports include counts of students who are identified as certain program participants or members of special populations.

These data are compiled from the October snapshot of the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS), a statewide data system for public education information in Texas.  School districts submit their data, which are defined in a yearly publication, the TSDS TEDS Data Standards.

These reports include students enrolled in public school districts and charter schools. The reports do not include students in private schools.

Reported Information

All Enrollment: Counts of students who are enrolled.

At Risk: Counts of students who are identified as at risk of dropping out of school using state-defined criteria only (TEC 29.081, Compensatory and Accelerated Instruction).

Bilingual: Counts of students who are participating in a state-approved bilingual education program. This is a full-time program of dual-language instruction through the TEKS in the content areas (mathematics, science, health, and social studies) in the primary language of English learners (ELs) and also for carefully structured and sequenced mastery of English cognitive academic language development.

CTE: (Not available beginning with the 2020-21 reports) Counts of students enrolled in a state-approved career and technical education course (CTE) as electives or as participants in the district’s career and technical coherent sequence of courses program.

Dyslexic: Counts of students who are identified as having dyslexia or related disorders as defined in TEC §38.003.

Economically Disadvantaged: Counts of students who are identified with one of the following categories:

• Eligible For Free Meals Under The National School Lunch And Child Nutrition Program
• Eligible For Reduced-price Meals Under The National School Lunch And Child Nutrition Program
• Other Economic Disadvantage, Including:
1. from a family with an annual income at or below the official federal poverty line,
2. eligible for Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) or other public assistance,
3. received a Pell Grant or comparable state program of need-based financial assistance,
4. eligible for programs assisted under Title II of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), or
5. eligible for benefits under the Food Stamp Act of 1977.

Emergent Bilingual/English Learner: Counts of students who have been identified as English learners by the Language Proficiency Assessment Committee (LPAC) according to criteria established in 19 TAC, Section 89.1226.

ESL: Counts of students who participate in a state-approved English as a Second Language (ESL) program. An ESL program in grades PK-8 is a program of intensive instruction in English from teachers either certified or endorsed in ESL who use second language acquisition information to teach English Learner (EL) students the ESL TEKS. An ESL program in grades 9-12 is a program of intensive instruction in English from teachers trained in recognizing and dealing with language differences. See 19 TAC, Section 89.1210(d).

Foster Care: For the years 2014-15 through 2020-21, counts of students currently in the conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS), or pre-kindergarten students who were previously in the conservatorship of DFPS following an adversary hearing. Beginning with 2021-22, counts of students currently in the conservatorship of DFPS, or pre-kindergarten students who are or ever have been in foster care in another state or territory, if the children reside in this state (Texas).

Gifted and Talented: Counts of students participating in a state-approved gifted and talented program, as defined in 19 TAC, Section 89.1.

Homeless: Counts of students who are identified as homeless as defined by 42 U.S.C. Section 11434(a), and including the following cases:

• Student lives temporarily doubled-up (sharing residence with a family or individual). Doubled-up (e.g., living with another family) is defined as sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing, economic hardship, or a similar reason. This classification requires a case-by-case determination.
• Student is unsheltered (i.e., lives on the street, lives in cars, parks, campgrounds, temporary trailers [including FEMA trailers], or abandoned buildings). Unsheltered is defined as a nighttime residence that is a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accommodation for human beings. It includes such places as cars, parks, campgrounds (if they live there because they lack an alternative accommodation), temporary trailers (if they live there because they lack an alternative accommodation), abandoned buildings, and substandard housing. Substandard housing may be determined by local building codes, community norms, and/or a case-by-case determination as to whether the accommodation is a “fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence”.
• Student lives in motel or hotel. Students who stay at a motel or hotel are considered homeless if they reside there because they have lost their housing, lack an alternative accommodation, and do not have a “fixed, regular, and adequate nighttime residence".
• Student lives in a shelter, transitional housing. Shelters are defined as supervised publicly or privately operated facilities designed to provide temporary living accommodations. The shelters category for homeless students includes emergency shelters, family shelters, domestic violence shelters, youth shelters, and transitional housing programs. The shelters category for homeless students does not include residential treatment facilities, Title I Neglected or Delinquent facilities, or TJJD facilities.

Military Connected: Counts of students enrolled in a school district or open-enrollment charter school who are dependents of a member of the United States military service in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard on active duty, the Texas National Guard, or a reserve force of the United States military.

Section 504: Counts of students who received assistance through either an aid, accommodation, or service under the Section 504 Rehabilitation Act of 1973. This field is available beginning with the 2021-22 reports.

Special Education: Counts of students who are participating in a special education instructional and related services program or general education program using special education support services, supplementary aids, or other special arrangements.

Title I: Counts of students who are participating in a program authorized under ESEA, Title I, Part A of the Improving America's Schools Act.