Foreword

The collection of Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) data is required of all school districts and charter schools [local education agencies (LEAs)] by TEC §42.006. The PEIMS Data Standards provides instructions regarding the submission of PEIMS data from LEAs to the Texas Education Agency.

The 2015-2016 standards:

• describe the PEIMS data reporting requirements;

• provide descriptions of data elements and the codes used to report them;

• detail the responsibilities of local education agencies, education service centers, and the Texas Education Agency in connection with the data collection process; and

• provide descriptions of the data collection requirements, including collection record layout specifications and data edit specifications.

The PEIMS Data Standards is for all persons involved in the PEIMS data collection process, including school district/charter school administrators, special program personnel, data control personnel, data processing staff, service center coordinators, PEIMS software vendors, and others. The Data Standards is for data delivery only. It should not be construed to represent the format of data available for retrieval from the PEIMS database.

Commissioner of Education