University of Texas-University Charter School PEIMS Department is committed to submitting current, complete, and accurate data for all record groups required for each collection; validating and editing data according to edit rules in the PEIMS Data Standards; correcting all errors found by the ESC during the data validation process in a timely manner; and delivering "fatal-free" corrected data on or before the due dates set by their ESCs and TEA.

Michelle Martinez, District PEIMS Coordinator

About PEIMS - Public Education Information Management System

PEIMS encompasses all data requested and received by TEA about public education, including student demographic and academic performance, personnel, financial, and organizational information.

The data collected through the PEIMS electronic collection method has:

• a standard set of definitions, codes, formats, procedures and dates for the collection of data published as the PEIMS Data Standards;
• standard edit procedures;
• an established database design;
• a production system to format and load data into the TEA enterprise database; and
• written documentation describing the numeric and alphanumeric values stored in the database published as the Data Documentation.

For the PEIMS electronic collection, school districts submit their data via standardized computer files, as defined by the PEIMS Data Standards.

Technical support for gathering the data from district databases is supplied by one of the twenty educational service centers (ESCs) or by private vendors. A software system of standard edits, to enhance the quality of data, is used by ESCs and again by the agency on district data submissions. Currently, the major categories of data collected are: organization data; budget data; actual financial data; staff data; student demographic, program participation and school leaver data; student attendance, course completion and discipline data.

TEA manages other collections for evaluation, monitoring, funding, or auditing purposes. Many are automated, electronic collections.

In compliance with the Texas Education Code, the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) contains only the data necessary for the legislature and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to perform their legally authorized functions in overseeing public education.

Other Important Links:

PEIMS Data Standards

The collection of Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) data is required of all school districts by TEC §42.006. The Data Standards provides instructions regarding the submission of PEIMS data from school districts to the Texas Education Agency.

2010-2011 PEIMS Timelines

PEIMS data files are submitted four times each school year following a schedule established by the PEIMS Data Standards.

2011-2012 PEIMS Time lines

Next year’s PEIMS Time lines are now available.

Student Attendance Account Handbook

The Student Attendance Accounting Handbook (SAAH), published by the Texas Education Agency:

Describes the Foundation School Program eligibility requirements of all students;

• Prescribes the minimum standards for all attendance accounting systems, whether manual or automated;
• Lists the documentation requirements for attendance audit purposes;
• Specifies the minimum standards for systems that are entirely functional without the use of paper; and
• Details the responsibilities of all district personnel involved in student attendance accounting.

Staff in PEIMS Administration: